fœtus
French, noun/fe.tys/
fœtus is spelled F-Œ-T-U-S (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fœtus is a French masculine noun meaning “fetus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organisme en voie de développement, chez les animaux vivipares. Il a dépassé le stade d’embryon mais n’est…”.
What does fœtus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefetus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organisme en voie de développement, chez les animaux vivipares. Il a dépassé le stade d’embryon mais n’est pas encore né.
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 fœtus
- fétus alternative rare
- fetus archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fœtus?
- /fe.tys/
- /fø.tys/
- \fe.tys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fœtus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fœtus in French?
fœtus appears 2.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).