carcinogène
French, noun/kaʁ.si.nɔ.ʒɛn/
carcinogène is spelled C-A-R-C-I-N-O-G-È-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carcinogène is a French masculine noun meaning “carcinogen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance qui peut provoquer un cancer”.
What does carcinogène mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarcinogen
adjective
- 1
carcinogenic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Cancérigène, qui peut provoquer, aggraver ou sensibiliser un cancer ou son apparition.
noun: 1. Substance qui peut provoquer 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 carcinogène
- carcinogènes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carcinogène?
- /kaʁ.si.nɔ.ʒɛn/
- \kaʁ.si.no.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 carcinogène
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carcinogène in French?
carcinogène appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).