microcéphalie
French, noun\mi.kʁo.se.fa.li\
microcéphalie is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-É-P-H-A-L-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microcéphalie is a French feminine noun meaning “microcephaly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Anomalie de la boite crânienne dont le volume est inférieur à la taille moyenne constatée chez un individu”.
What does microcéphalie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrocephaly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anomalie de la boite crânienne dont le volume est inférieur à la taille moyenne constatée chez un individu. 2. Nom donné quelquefois à l’idiotisme, les idiots ayant généralement la tête très petite.
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 microcéphalie
- microcéphalies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microcéphalie?
- \mi.kʁo.se.fa.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microcéphalie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microcéphalie in French?
microcéphalie appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).