cholagogue
French, noun/kɔ.la.ɡɔɡ/
cholagogue is spelled C-H-O-L-A-G-O-G-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cholagogue is a French masculine noun meaning “cholagogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance qui facilite l’évacuation de la bile emmagasinée dans les voies biliaires extra-hépatiques et…”.
What does cholagogue mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cholagogic
noun
- 1
masculinecholagogue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui facilite l’évacuation de la bile emmagasinée dans les voies biliaires extra-hépatiques et surtout dans la vésicule biliaire.
noun: 1. Substance qui facilite l’évacuation de la bile emmagasinée dans les voies biliaires extra-hépatiques et surtout dans la vésicule biliaire.
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 cholagogue
- cholagogues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cholagogue?
- /kɔ.la.ɡɔɡ/
- \kɔ.la.ɡɔɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cholagogue in French?
cholagogue appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).