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cyanose

French, noun/sja.noz/

cyanose is a French feminine noun meaning “cyanosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cyanoser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coloration bleuâtre due à la stase du sang veineux ou aux communications pathologiques des systèmes veineux…”.

What does cyanose mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecyanosis

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineobsoletechalcanthite

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Coloration bleuâtre due à la stase du sang veineux ou aux communications pathologiques des systèmes veineux et artériel.

noun: 1. Synonyme tombé en désuétude de chalcantite (cuivre sulfaté, vitriol de cuivre, couperose bleue).

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 cyanose

  • cyanoses plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cyanose?

  • /sja.noz/
  • \sja.noz\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cyanose

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cyanose in French?

cyanose appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).