gérontologie
French, noun/ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
gérontologie is spelled G-É-R-O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gérontologie is a French feminine noun meaning “gerontology (branch of science)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étude du vieillissement”.
What does gérontologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegerontology (branch of science)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étude du vieillissement.
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 gérontologie
- gérontologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gérontologie?
- /ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.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 gérontologie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gérontologie in French?
gérontologie appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).