pilosité
French, noun/pi.lo.zi.te/
pilosité is spelled P-I-L-O-S-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilosité is a French feminine noun meaning “pilosity, hairiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Présence de poil ; aspect pileux”.
What does pilosité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepilosity, hairiness
- 2
femininehair
la pilosité faciale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Présence de poil ; aspect pileux. 2. Ensemble des poils sur un endroit du corps.
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 pilosité
- pilosités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilosité?
- /pi.lo.zi.te/
- \pi.lo.zi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pilosité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pilosité in French?
pilosité appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).