néphron
French, noun/ne.fʁɔ̃/
néphron is a French masculine noun meaning “nephron (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité structurale et fonctionnelle du rein permettant la formation d’urine”.
What does néphron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenephron (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité structurale et fonctionnelle du rein permettant la formation d’urine.
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 néphron
- néphrons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce néphron?
- /ne.fʁɔ̃/
- \ne.fʁɔ̃\
- [ne.fʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to néphron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is néphron in French?
néphron appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).