ostéonécrose
French, noun\ɔs.te.ɔ.ne.kʁoz\
ostéonécrose is spelled O-S-T-É-O-N-É-C-R-O-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 181,983rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostéonécrose is a French feminine noun meaning “osteonecrosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie osseuse : dégénérescence progressive des cellules corticales et médullaires des os”.
What does ostéonécrose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineosteonecrosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie osseuse : dégénérescence progressive des cellules corticales et médullaires des os.
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 ostéonécrose
- ostéonécroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostéonécrose?
- \ɔs.te.ɔ.ne.kʁoz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ostéonécrose in French?
ostéonécrose appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).