diaphyse
French, noun/dja.fiz/
diaphyse is a French feminine noun meaning “diaphysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme tubulaire qui constitue la portion centrale du corps d'un os long”.
What does diaphyse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediaphysis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forme tubulaire qui constitue la portion centrale du corps d'un os long.
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 diaphyse
- diaphyses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diaphyse?
- /dja.fiz/
- \dja.fiz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diaphyse in French?
diaphyse appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).