embolisme
French, noun/ɑ̃.bɔ.lism/
embolisme is spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embolisme is a French masculine noun meaning “embolism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intercalation d'un mois lunaire supplémentaire dans le calendrier athénien, les années 3, 5 et 8 d'un cycle…”.
What does embolisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembolism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Intercalation d'un mois lunaire supplémentaire dans le calendrier athénien, les années 3, 5 et 8 d'un cycle de 18 ans, pour faire coïncider l'année lunaire et l'année solaire.
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 embolisme
- embolismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embolisme?
- /ɑ̃.bɔ.lism/
- /ɑ̃.bɔ.lizm/
- \ɑ̃.bɔ.lism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embolisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embolisme in French?
embolisme appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).