péristaltisme
French, noun\pe.ʁi.stal.tism\
péristaltisme is spelled P-É-R-I-S-T-A-L-T-I-S-M-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péristaltisme is a French masculine noun meaning “peristaltism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des mouvements péristaltiques permettant la progression du contenu d’un organe creux à l’intérieur…”.
What does péristaltisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperistaltism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des mouvements péristaltiques permettant la progression du contenu d’un organe creux à l’intérieur de cet organe.
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 péristaltisme
- péristaltismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péristaltisme?
- \pe.ʁi.stal.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péristaltisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péristaltisme in French?
péristaltisme appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).