diapause
French, noun/dja.poz/
diapause is spelled D-I-A-P-A-U-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diapause is a French feminine noun meaning “diapause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arrêt temporaire génétiquement déterminé, chez les insectes, de l'activité ou du développement durant…”.
What does diapause mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediapause
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrêt temporaire génétiquement déterminé, chez les insectes, de l'activité ou du développement durant l’hiver, la saison sèche, ou encore en cas de carence alimentaire.
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 diapause
- diapauses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diapause?
- /dja.poz/
- \dja.poz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diapause
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diapause in French?
diapause 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).