épigenèse
French, noun\e.pi.ʒə.nɛz\
épigenèse is spelled É-P-I-G-E-N-È-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épigenèse is a French feminine noun meaning “epigenesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genèse graduelle, addition successive de diverses parties : le nouvel être étant d’abord à l’état d’ovule…”.
What does épigenèse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepigenesis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genèse graduelle, addition successive de diverses parties : le nouvel être étant d’abord à l’état d’ovule, puis de germe, enfin d’embryon.
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 épigenèse
- épigenèses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épigenèse?
- \e.pi.ʒə.nɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is épigenèse in French?
épigenèse appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).