polymorphisme

/\pɔ.li.mɔʁ.fism\/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#64,007

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

polymorphisme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Propriété qu’ont certains corps d’affecter des formes très différentes sans changer de nature. Pronounced \pɔ.li.mɔʁ.fism\.

Key facts for polymorphisme
PropertyValue
Headwordpolymorphisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.li.mɔʁ.fism\
Letters13
Frequency rank#64,007
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of polymorphisme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for polymorphisme is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔ.li.mɔʁ.fism\. Corpus data places it at rank #64,007 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for polymorphisme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is polymorphisme, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propriété qu’ont certains corps d’affecter des formes très différentes sans changer de nature.
  2. 2
    Présence de différentes formes ou variantes d’un même gène, allèle ou trait au sein d’une population, pouvant être génétique (polymorphisme génétique) ou phénotypique (polymorphisme phénotypique). Ce phénomène est essentiel à la diversité biologique et à l’adaptation des populations.
  3. 3
    Fait qu’un même corps pur peut cristalliser sous différentes structures cristallines en fonction des conditions de pression et de température. Bien que la composition chimique reste inchangée, l’arrangement des atomes dans le cristal varie, entraînant des différences dans les propriétés physiques, telles que la dureté, la densité ou l’apparence du minéral.
  4. 4
    Système de variables et méthodes pouvant être appelés par des classes de différents types.
  5. 5
    Qualité des virus qui changent leur méthode de chiffrement à chaque cycle de reproduction.

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Frequency rank: #64,007 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "polymorphisme"?
"polymorphisme" is spelled P-O-L-Y-M-O-R-P-H-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.li.mɔʁ.fism\.
What does "polymorphisme" mean?
As a noun, "polymorphisme" means: Propriété qu’ont certains corps d’affecter des formes très différentes sans changer de nature.
How do you pronounce "polymorphisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polymorphisme" is \pɔ.li.mɔʁ.fism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.