diastole
French, noun/djas.tɔl/
diastole is spelled D-I-A-S-T-O-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diastole is a French feminine noun meaning “diastole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement de dilatation du cœur et des artères qui alterne avec le mouvement de contraction dit systole”.
What does diastole mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediastole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement de dilatation du cœur et des artères qui alterne avec le mouvement de contraction dit systole. 2. Phase d’expansion, de dilatation ou de croissance. 3. Sorte de virgule par laquelle les grammairiens grecs séparaient deux syllabes susceptibles de se confondre en un seul mot.
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 diastole
- diastoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diastole?
- /djas.tɔl/
- \djas.tɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diastole in French?
diastole appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).