hydrocéphale
French, adjective/i.dʁɔ.se.fal/
hydrocéphale is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-C-É-P-H-A-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hydrocéphale is a French adjective meaning “hydrocephalic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est atteint d’hydrocéphalie. Qualifie une personne, un animal dont la boîte crânienne a une taille…”.
What does hydrocéphale mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hydrocephalic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est atteint d’hydrocéphalie. Qualifie une personne, un animal dont la boîte crânienne a une taille anormalement importante. 2. Qui a la grosse tête, est prétentieux.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte d’hydrocéphalie ; personne, animal dont la boîte crânienne est de taille anormalement importante. 2. Hydrocéphalie
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 hydrocéphale
- hydrocéphales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hydrocéphale?
- /i.dʁɔ.se.fal/
- \id.ʁɔ.se.fal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hydrocéphale in French?
hydrocéphale appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).