cortisone
French, noun/kɔʁ.ti.zɔn/
cortisone is spelled C-O-R-T-I-S-O-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cortisone is a French feminine noun meaning “cortisone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hormone corticoïde, étroitement liée à la corticostérone ; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, qui a pour…”.
What does cortisone mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecortisone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hormone corticoïde, étroitement liée à la corticostérone ; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, qui a pour formule chimique C₂₁H₂₈O₅.
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 cortisone
- cortisones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cortisone?
- /kɔʁ.ti.zɔn/
- \kɔʁ.ti.zɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cortisone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cortisone in French?
cortisone appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).