chlorose
French, noun/klɔ.ʁoz/
chlorose is a French feminine noun meaning “chlorosis (yellow-green colouration of the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie qui a pour principal symptôme la décoloration de la peau et que l’on appelait communément les « pâles…”.
What does chlorose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechlorosis (yellow-green colouration of the skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie qui a pour principal symptôme la décoloration de la peau et que l’on appelait communément les « pâles couleurs ». 2. Décoloration des feuilles des plantes due à une carence en fer, en magnésium, en azote, en manganèse ou en zinc, éléments indispensables à la synthèse de la chlorophylle.
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 chlorose
- chloroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chlorose?
- /klɔ.ʁoz/
- \klɔ.ʁoz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chlorose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chlorose in French?
chlorose appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).