étiologie
French, noun\e.tjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
étiologie is spelled É-T-I-O-L-O-G-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étiologie is a French feminine noun meaning “aetiology (study of causes or origins)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie de la médecine qui traite des diverses causes des faits biologiques et spécialement des maladies”.
What does étiologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaetiology (study of causes or origins)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie de la médecine qui traite des diverses causes des faits biologiques et spécialement des maladies. 2. Étude de la genèse des organes et des fonctions d’un corps vivant. 3. Étude de l’ensemble des causes d’un phénomène.
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 étiologie
- étiologies plural
- ætiologie alternative obsolete
- æthiologie alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étiologie?
- \e.tjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to étiologie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étiologie in French?
étiologie appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).