pleurésie
French, noun\plø.ʁe.zi\
pleurésie is spelled P-L-E-U-R-É-S-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleurésie is a French feminine noun meaning “pleurisy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inflammation de la plèvre, aiguë ou chronique, avec (pleurésie humide, pleurésie exsudative) ou sans…”.
What does pleurésie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepleurisy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflammation de la plèvre, aiguë ou chronique, avec (pleurésie humide, pleurésie exsudative) ou sans épanchement (pleurésie sèche ou pleurite).
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 pleurésie
- pleurésies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleurésie?
- \plø.ʁe.zi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pleurésie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pleurésie in French?
pleurésie appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).