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listériose

French, noun\li.ste.ʁjoz\

listériose is spelled L-I-S-T-É-R-I-O-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Listériose is a French feminine noun meaning “listeriosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une maladie bactérienne qui affecte de nombreuses espèces animales et l’homme (zoonose) par l’alimentation…”.

What does listériose mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelisteriosis

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Une maladie bactérienne qui affecte de nombreuses espèces animales et l’homme (zoonose) par l’alimentation (ingestion d'ensilage chez les animaux) et qui est causée par Listeria monocytogenes.

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 listériose

  • listérioses plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce listériose?

  • \li.ste.ʁjoz\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to listériose

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is listériose in French?

listériose appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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