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périnatal

French, adjective\pe.ʁi.na.tal\

périnatal is spelled P-É-R-I-N-A-T-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Périnatal is a French adjective meaning “perinatal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne les jours qui entourent une naissance, qui se passe durant cette période”.

What does périnatal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    perinatal

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui concerne les jours qui entourent une naissance, qui se passe durant cette période.

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 périnatal

  • périnatale feminine
  • périnatals masculine plural
  • périnataux masculine plural
  • périnatales feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce périnatal?

  • \pe.ʁi.na.tal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to périnatal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is périnatal in French?

périnatal appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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