kwashiorkor
French, noun/kwa.ʃjɔʁ.kɔʁ/
kwashiorkor is a French masculine noun meaning “kwashiorkor (malnutrition caused by protein deficiency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie due à la malnutrition grave du jeune enfant qui semble due à une carence en protéine et en vitamine…”.
What does kwashiorkor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekwashiorkor (malnutrition caused by protein deficiency)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie due à la malnutrition grave du jeune enfant qui semble due à une carence en protéine et en vitamine au moment d’un sevrage caractérisé par une hépatomégalie, un amaigrissement, des lésions cutanées et des troubles digestifs.
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 kwashiorkor
- kwashiorkors plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kwashiorkor?
- /kwa.ʃjɔʁ.kɔʁ/
- \kwa.ʃjɔʁ.kɔʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kwashiorkor in French?
kwashiorkor appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).