microflore
French, noun\mi.kʁɔ.flɔʁ\
microflore is spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-L-O-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microflore is a French masculine noun meaning “microflora” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des micro-organismes traditionnellement considérés comme végétaux, notamment les bactéries, les…”.
What does microflore mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicroflora
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des micro-organismes traditionnellement considérés comme végétaux, notamment les bactéries, les champignons microscopiques et certaines algues, qui vivent dans un milieu donné. 2. Ensemble des spores, des grains de pollen et, plus généralement, des microrestes végétaux fossiles présents dans un gisement, une couche géologique ou une période donnée.
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 microflore
- microflores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microflore?
- \mi.kʁɔ.flɔʁ\
- [mi.kʁɔ.flɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microflore
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microflore in French?
microflore appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).