pituite
French, noun/pi.tɥit/
pituite is spelled P-I-T-U-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pituite is a French feminine noun meaning “phlegm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sécrétion des fosses nasales et, par extension, d’autres sécrétions muqueuses”.
What does pituite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephlegm
- 2
femininemucus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sécrétion des fosses nasales et, par extension, d’autres sécrétions muqueuses. 2. Rejet par vomissement de liquide muqueux.
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 pituite
- pituites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pituite?
- /pi.tɥit/
- \pi.tɥit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pituite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pituite in French?
pituite appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).