chirurgical
French, adjective/ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒi.kal/
chirurgical is spelled C-H-I-R-U-R-G-I-C-A-L (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirurgical is a French adjective meaning “surgical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport à la chirurgie”.
What does chirurgical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
surgical
- 2
clinical (excellent and precise)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport à la chirurgie. 2. D'une extrême précision.
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 chirurgical
- chirurgicale feminine
- chirurgicaux masculine plural
- chirurgicales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chirurgical?
- /ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒi.kal/
- \ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒi.kal\
- [ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒi.kal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chirurgical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chirurgical in French?
chirurgical appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).