microcéphale
French, adjective\mi.kʁo.se.fal\
microcéphale is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-É-P-H-A-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microcéphale is a French adjective meaning “microcephalic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la tête toute petite”.
What does microcéphale mean in English?
adjective
- 1
microcephalic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la tête toute petite.
noun: 1. Mammifère qui a la tête très petite. 2. Personne atteinte de microcéphalie.
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 microcéphale
- microcéphales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microcéphale?
- \mi.kʁo.se.fal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microcéphale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microcéphale in French?
microcéphale appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).