mégacôlon
French, noun\me.ɡa.ko.lɔ̃\
mégacôlon is spelled M-É-G-A-C-Ô-L-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mégacôlon is a French masculine noun meaning “megacolon (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Côlon très dilaté”.
What does mégacôlon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemegacolon (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Côlon très dilaté. 2. Inflammation qui provoque la dilatation du côlon.
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 mégacôlon
- mégacôlons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mégacôlon?
- \me.ɡa.ko.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mégacôlon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mégacôlon in French?
mégacôlon appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).