fétus
French, noun/fe.tys/
fétus is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of fœtus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of fétu. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de fœtus”.
What does fétus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerarealternative spelling of fœtus
noun
- 1
masculineplural of fétu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de fœtus.
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.
How do you pronounce fétus?
- /fe.tys/
- /fe.ty/
- \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 fétus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fétus in French?
fétus appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).