poisson-chirurgien
French, noun/pwa.sɔ̃.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃/
poisson-chirurgien is spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N-C-H-I-R-U-R-G-I-E-N (17 letters). Poisson-chirurgien is a French masculine noun meaning “surgeonfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de poisson osseux marin, de la famille des acanthuridés, qui a des appendices en lames acérées de…”.
What does poisson-chirurgien mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurgeonfish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de poisson osseux marin, de la famille des acanthuridés, qui a des appendices en lames acérées de chaque côté de la queue.
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 poisson-chirurgien
- poissons-chirurgiens plural
- chirurgien
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poisson-chirurgien?
- /pwa.sɔ̃.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃/
- \pwa.sɔ̃.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poisson-chirurgien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.