chirurgien
French, noun/ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃/
chirurgien is spelled C-H-I-R-U-R-G-I-E-N (10 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chirurgien is a French masculine noun meaning “surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui pratique la chirurgie”.
What does chirurgien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurgeon (doctor who performs surgery)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui pratique la chirurgie.
noun: 1. Espèce de poisson osseux marin, de la famille des acanthuridés (Acanthuridae), variante de poisson-chirurgien. 2. Synonyme de jacana à longue queue (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), espèce d'oiseau de la famille des jacanidés.
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 chirurgien
- chirurgiens plural
- chirurgienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chirurgien?
- /ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃/
- /si.ryr.ʒɛ̃/
- \ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chirurgien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chirurgien in French?
chirurgien appears 9.5 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).