molluscum
French, noun\mɔ.lys.kɔm\
molluscum is spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-C-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molluscum is a French masculine noun meaning “molluscum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tumeur cutanée, molle, fibreuse, plane ou faisant saillie dont la taille peut aller jusqu’à 5cm de diamètre”.
What does molluscum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemolluscum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tumeur cutanée, molle, fibreuse, plane ou faisant saillie dont la taille peut aller jusqu’à 5cm de diamètre. 2. Molluscum contagiosum : Affection cutanée, contagieuse, due à des poxvirus. Elle se caractérise par de petites élévations molles et blanchâtres. 3. Molluscum pendulum : sorte de nævus flasque, parfois pédonculé qui apparaît généralement au niveau du cou ou du dos.
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 molluscum
- molluscums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molluscum?
- \mɔ.lys.kɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is molluscum in French?
molluscum appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).