diphtérique
French, adjective/dif.te.ʁik/
diphtérique is spelled D-I-P-H-T-É-R-I-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diphtérique is a French adjective meaning “diphtheritic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte à la diphtérie”.
What does diphtérique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diphtheritic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à la diphtérie.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui est atteint de diphtérie.
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 diphtérique
- diphtériques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diphtérique?
- /dif.te.ʁik/
- \dif.te.ʁik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diphtérique in French?
diphtérique appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).