phlegmon
French, noun\flɛɡ.mɔ̃\
phlegmon is spelled P-H-L-E-G-M-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phlegmon is a French masculine noun meaning “phlegmon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inflammation du tissu cellulaire sous-cutané, accompagnée de rougeur, de gonflement et de douleur, et qui se…”.
What does phlegmon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephlegmon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflammation du tissu cellulaire sous-cutané, accompagnée de rougeur, de gonflement et de douleur, et qui se termine soit par résolution, soit par suppuration.
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 phlegmon
- phlegmons plural
- flegmon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phlegmon?
- \flɛɡ.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phlegmon in French?
phlegmon appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).