paroxysme
French, noun/pa.ʁɔk.sism/
paroxysme is spelled P-A-R-O-X-Y-S-M-E (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paroxysme is a French masculine noun meaning “paroxysm (sudden recurrence of a disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moment où les symptômes d’une maladie ou d’un état morbide sont le plus aigus”.
What does paroxysme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparoxysm (sudden recurrence of a disease)
- 2
masculineheight, peak
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moment où les symptômes d’une maladie ou d’un état morbide sont le plus aigus. 2. Le moment le plus aigu, d’une sensation, d’un sentiment, d’une passion, d'un événement ou phénomène.
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 paroxysme
- paroxysmes plural
- paroxisme archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paroxysme?
- /pa.ʁɔk.sism/
- /pa.ʁɔk.sizm/
- \pa.ʁɔk.sism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paroxysme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paroxysme in French?
paroxysme appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).