oxyure
French, noun/ɔk.sjyʁ/
oxyure is a French masculine noun meaning “pinworm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nématode de la famille des oxyuridés à la queue pointue et dont une espèce est parasite de l’homme et se…”.
What does oxyure mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepinworm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nématode de la famille des oxyuridés à la queue pointue et dont une espèce est parasite de l’homme et se trouve surtout dans le gros intestin et le bord de l’anus des enfants.
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 oxyure
- oxyures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oxyure?
- /ɔk.sjyʁ/
- \ɔk.sjyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oxyure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oxyure in French?
oxyure appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).