méduse
French, noun
méduse is spelled M-É-D-U-S-E (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méduse is a French feminine noun meaning “jellyfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of méduser. With an accent, médusé is a different word: “past participle of méduser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cnidaire aquatique au corps gélatineux en forme d’ombrelle, généralement libre et nageur, souvent muni de…”.
What does méduse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejellyfish
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of méduser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cnidaire aquatique au corps gélatineux en forme d’ombrelle, généralement libre et nageur, souvent muni de tentacules urticants ; chez de nombreuses espèces, il constitue la phase sexuée du cycle de vie. 2. Personne laide et repoussante.
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 méduse
- méduses plural
- médusée feminine
- médusés masculine plural
- médusées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to méduse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méduse in French?
méduse appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).