pellagre
French, noun/pɛ.laɡʁ/
pellagre is spelled P-E-L-L-A-G-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pellagre is a French feminine noun meaning “pellagra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie générale et très grave des humains et des animaux, qui se manifeste d’abord par des lésions de la…”.
What does pellagre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepellagra
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie générale et très grave des humains et des animaux, qui se manifeste d’abord par des lésions de la peau suivis de troubles du système nerveux central, pouvant être due à une avitaminose PP (ou B3), une carence en lysine, etc., comme dans le cas des régimes alimentaires à base de maïs non nixtamalisé.
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 pellagre
- pellagres plural
- pelagre
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pellagre?
- /pɛ.laɡʁ/
- /pe.laɡʁ/
- \pe.laɡʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pellagre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pellagre in French?
pellagre appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).