hygiaphone
French, noun/i.ʒja.fɔn/
hygiaphone is spelled H-Y-G-I-A-P-H-O-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hygiaphone is a French masculine noun meaning “grill, transparent, perforated two-way communication device - at a ticket counter etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dispositif transparent et perforé qui se trouve à certains guichets pour séparer les interlocuteurs et éviter…”.
What does hygiaphone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrill, transparent, perforated two-way communication device - at a ticket counter etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dispositif transparent et perforé qui se trouve à certains guichets pour séparer les interlocuteurs et éviter la contamination.
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 hygiaphone
- hygiaphones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hygiaphone?
- /i.ʒja.fɔn/
- \i.ʒja.fɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hygiaphone in French?
hygiaphone appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).