placebo
French, noun/pla.se.bo/
placebo is spelled P-L-A-C-E-B-O (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placebo is a French masculine noun meaning “placebo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Imitation de médicament sans principe actif, utilisée pour les tests en double aveugle ou pour son effet sur…”.
What does placebo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplacebo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Imitation de médicament sans principe actif, utilisée pour les tests en double aveugle ou pour son effet sur le psychisme de certains patients. 2. Toutes formes d'ersatz.
noun: 1. Imitation de médicament sans principe actif, utilisée pour les tests en double aveugle ou pour son effet sur le psychisme de certains patients.
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 placebo
- placebos plural
- placébo alternative
- placébos plural
- placebo
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placebo?
- /pla.se.bo/
- \pla.se.bo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to placebo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is placebo in French?
placebo appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).