cérumen
French, noun/se.ʁy.mɛn/
cérumen is spelled C-É-R-U-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cérumen is a French masculine noun meaning “earwax (waxy substance secreted by the ear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière épaisse et jaunâtre ou blanchâtre sécrétée par des glandes situées dans le conduit auditif externe”.
What does cérumen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineearwax (waxy substance secreted by the ear)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière épaisse et jaunâtre ou blanchâtre sécrétée par des glandes situées dans le conduit auditif externe.
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 cérumen
- cérumens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cérumen?
- /se.ʁy.mɛn/
- \se.ʁy.mɛn\
- [se.ʁy.mɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cérumen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cérumen in French?
cérumen appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).