onchocercose
French, noun/ɔ̃.kɔ.sɛʁ.koz/
onchocercose is spelled O-N-C-H-O-C-E-R-C-O-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Onchocercose is a French feminine noun meaning “onchocercosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie causée par la présence de vers filiformes parasitaires du genre Onchocerca, de l’espèce Onchocerca…”.
What does onchocercose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineonchocercosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie causée par la présence de vers filiformes parasitaires du genre Onchocerca, de l’espèce Onchocerca volvulus chez les humains, transmise par la piqûre de la simulie, entraîne des lésions cutanées et ultimement une cécité irréversible.
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 onchocercose
- onchocercoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce onchocercose?
- /ɔ̃.kɔ.sɛʁ.koz/
- \ɔ̃.kɔ.sɛʁ.koz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is onchocercose in French?
onchocercose appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).