ergotisme
French, noun/ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tism/
ergotisme is spelled E-R-G-O-T-I-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergotisme is a French masculine noun meaning “ergotism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie provoquée par l’ingestion de céréales contaminées par l’ergot de seigle, ou par les dérivés…”.
What does ergotisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineergotism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie provoquée par l’ingestion de céréales contaminées par l’ergot de seigle, ou par les dérivés médicamenteux de celui-ci, et qui provoque la gangrène des membres, des convulsions, des hallucinations.
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 ergotisme
- ergotismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergotisme?
- /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tism/
- /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tizm/
- \ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ergotisme in French?
ergotisme appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).