pneumothorax
French, noun/pnø.mɔ.tɔ.ʁaks/
pneumothorax is spelled P-N-E-U-M-O-T-H-O-R-A-X (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pneumothorax is a French masculine noun meaning “pneumothorax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épanchement pathologique, accidentel ou traumatique de gaz (air ou autres gaz) dans la cavité pleurale”.
What does pneumothorax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepneumothorax
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épanchement pathologique, accidentel ou traumatique de gaz (air ou autres gaz) dans la cavité pleurale.
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.
How do you pronounce pneumothorax?
- /pnø.mɔ.tɔ.ʁaks/
- \pnø.mo.tɔ.ʁaks\
- [pnø.mo.tɔ.ʁaks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pneumothorax
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pneumothorax in French?
pneumothorax appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).