autogène
French, adjective/o.tɔ.ʒɛn/
autogène is spelled A-U-T-O-G-È-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autogène is a French adjective meaning “autogenous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui provoque par soi-même”.
What does autogène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
autogenous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provoque par soi-même. 2. Qui a été fait par soi-même, existe par soi-même. 3. Qui se développe à l’aide de ses éléments propres, sans secours extérieur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of autogène
- autogènes plural
- auto-gène
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autogène?
- /o.tɔ.ʒɛn/
- /ɔ.tɔ.ʒɛn/
- \o.to.ʒɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autogène in French?
autogène appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).