paracentèse
French, noun\pa.ʁa.sɛ̃.tɛz\
paracentèse is spelled P-A-R-A-C-E-N-T-È-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paracentèse is a French feminine noun meaning “paracentesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opération chirurgicale consistant à ponctionner le liquide qui s’est formé anormalement dans une cavité.…”.
What does paracentèse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparacentesis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opération chirurgicale consistant à ponctionner le liquide qui s’est formé anormalement dans une cavité. Souvent utilisé en français pour désigner la ponction du tympan.
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 paracentèse
- paracentèses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paracentèse?
- \pa.ʁa.sɛ̃.tɛz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paracentèse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paracentèse in French?
paracentèse appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).