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BPCO

French, noun/be.pe.se.o/

BPCO is a French feminine noun meaning “initialism of bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive: COPD” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive, groupe de maladies respiratoires”.

What does BPCO mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinitialism of bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive: COPD

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive, groupe de maladies respiratoires.

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.

How do you pronounce BPCO?

  • /be.pe.se.o/
  • \be.pe.se.o\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to BPCO

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is BPCO in French?

BPCO appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).