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chalaze

French, noun/ka.laz/

chalaze is a French feminine noun meaning “chalaza” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite tumeur des paupières qui ressemble à un grain grêle”.

What does chalaze mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininechalaza

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est muni d’une chalaze.

noun: 1. Petite tumeur des paupières qui ressemble à un grain grêle. 2. Chacun des deux ligaments qui maintiennent le jaune suspendu dans le blanc de l'œuf. 3. Petit tubercule sur une graine, fixé au hile.

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 chalaze

  • chalazes plural
  • chalazés plural masculine
  • chalazée singular feminine
  • chalazées plural feminine
  • chalase
  • chalazion

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chalaze?

  • /ka.laz/
  • /ka.lɑz/
  • \ka.la.ze\

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