poitrinaire
French, adjective/pwa.tʁi.nɛʁ/
poitrinaire is spelled P-O-I-T-R-I-N-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poitrinaire is a French adjective meaning “consumptive, tubercular, phthisic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la poitrine atteinte”.
What does poitrinaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaicconsumptive, tubercular, phthisic
noun
- 1
archaicfemininemasculinetuberculosis patient, tubercular (person suffering from tuberculosis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la poitrine atteinte. 2. Qui manque d’énergie, de puissance.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui a la poitrine atteinte de quelque mal.
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 poitrinaire
- poitrinaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poitrinaire?
- /pwa.tʁi.nɛʁ/
- \pwa.tʁi.nɛʁ\
- [pwa.tʁi.nɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poitrinaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poitrinaire in French?
poitrinaire appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).