policlinique
\pɔ.li.kli.nik\
The verdict
“policlinique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispensaire de soin, ou service de consultation externe, non prévu pour l’hospitalisation des patients. Littéralement, "clinique de la ville".
Corpus desk
Index FR-policlinique · policlinique · French
policlinique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | policlinique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.kli.nik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « policlinique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
policlinique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.kli.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for policlinique in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is policlinique, spelled P-O-L-I-C-L-I-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dispensaire de soin, ou service de consultation externe, non prévu pour l’hospitalisation des patients. Littéralement, "clinique de la ville".
- 2Méthode pédagogique consistant à visiter des patients avec ses étudiants en médecine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how policlinique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pas de cuistrerie mais rappel: une policlinique est une clinique de ville et non une clinique à service multiples, c’est-à-dire une polyclinique.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.