diphtérie
French, noun/dif.te.ʁi/
diphtérie is spelled D-I-P-H-T-É-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diphtérie is a French feminine noun meaning “diphtheria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse caractérisée par la formation de fausses membranes dans la gorge”.
What does diphtérie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediphtheria
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse caractérisée par la formation de fausses membranes dans la gorge.
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 diphtérie
- diphtéries plural
- diphthérie obsolete
- diphthérite obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diphtérie?
- /dif.te.ʁi/
- \dif.te.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diphtérie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diphtérie in French?
diphtérie 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).