cancérigène
French, adjective/kɑ̃.se.ʁi.ʒɛn/
cancérigène is spelled C-A-N-C-É-R-I-G-È-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cancérigène is a French adjective meaning “carcinogenic (causing or tending to cause cancer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractérise une substance qui peut favoriser l’apparition d’un cancer ; synonyme dans ce sens de cancérogène”.
What does cancérigène mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carcinogenic (causing or tending to cause cancer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Caractérise une substance qui peut favoriser l’apparition d’un cancer ; synonyme dans ce sens de cancérogène. 2. Qui peut aggraver ou sensibiliser un cancer.
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 cancérigène
- cancérigènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cancérigène?
- /kɑ̃.se.ʁi.ʒɛn/
- \kɑ̃.se.ʁi.ʒɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cancérigène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cancérigène in French?
cancérigène appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).