chiasma
French, noun/kjas.ma/
chiasma is spelled C-H-I-A-S-M-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiasma is a French masculine noun meaning “chiasma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme abrégée de chiasma optique”.
What does chiasma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiasma
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forme abrégée de chiasma optique. 2. Structure formée par la liaison en forme de croix entre 2 chromatides de 2 chromosomes homologues dupliqués durant la prophase de la première division de méiose.
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 chiasma
- chiasmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiasma?
- /kjas.ma/
- \kjas.ma\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chiasma in French?
chiasma appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).