miasme
French, noun/mjasm/
miasme is spelled M-I-A-S-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miasme is a French masculine noun meaning “miasma (noxious air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exhalaisons, émanations malsaines, qui proviennent spécialement de substances organiques en décomposition”.
What does miasme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemiasma (noxious air)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exhalaisons, émanations malsaines, qui proviennent spécialement de substances organiques en décomposition. 2. Microbe ou virus. 3. Histoire sordide, discours empoisonnés.
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 miasme
- miasmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miasme?
- /mjasm/
- /mjazm/
- \mjasm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to miasme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miasme in French?
miasme appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).