méconium
\me.kɔ.njɔm\
The verdict
“méconium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suc exprimé des têtes et des feuilles de pavot mises sous presse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meconium · méconium · French
méconium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méconium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.kɔ.njɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « méconium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
méconium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.kɔ.njɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for méconium, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is méconium, spelled M-É-C-O-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Suc exprimé des têtes et des feuilles de pavot mises sous presse.
- 2Gouttelette rougeâtre que l’insecte évacue immédiatement après sa transformation.
- 3Matières visqueuses que rend l’enfant peu de temps après la naissance et qui s’étaient accumulées dans son intestin durant la grossesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how méconium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce pourquoi à tout, on préférait la merde du jeune homme sain —et parfois même celle, connue sous le nom de méconium, qui résultait de « la première déjection que font les enfants après leur naissance »— jusqu’à asservir un homme spécialement à cet office […]
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.