germicide
French, noun/ʒɛʁ.mi.sid/
germicide is spelled G-E-R-M-I-C-I-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Germicide is a French masculine noun meaning “germicide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produit ou objet qui détruit les germes (bactéries, virus, vers, champignons, parasites) pathogènes”.
What does germicide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegermicide
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Produit ou objet qui détruit les germes (bactéries, virus, vers, champignons, parasites) pathogènes.
adjective: 1. Qui détruit les germes.
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 germicide
- germicides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce germicide?
- /ʒɛʁ.mi.sid/
- \ʒɛʁ.mi.sid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to germicide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is germicide in French?
germicide appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).