ecchymose
French, noun/e.ki.moz/
ecchymose is spelled E-C-C-H-Y-M-O-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ecchymose is a French feminine noun meaning “bruise (mark on body), ecchymosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extravasation de sang dans le tissu des organes, due ordinairement à une cause violente. On le dit surtout de…”.
What does ecchymose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebruise (mark on body), ecchymosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extravasation de sang dans le tissu des organes, due ordinairement à une cause violente. On le dit surtout de l’extravasation qui a lieu dans le tissu sous-cutané et qui paraît à la peau.
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 ecchymose
- ecchymoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ecchymose?
- /e.ki.moz/
- \e.ki.moz\
- [e.ki.moɮ͡z]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ecchymose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ecchymose in French?
ecchymose appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).