précancéreux
French, adjective\pʁe.kɑ̃.se.ʁø\
précancéreux is spelled P-R-É-C-A-N-C-É-R-E-U-X (12 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Précancéreux is a French adjective meaning “precancerous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui précède le cancer”.
What does précancéreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
precancerous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui précède le cancer.
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 précancéreux
- précancéreuse feminine
- précancéreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce précancéreux?
- \pʁe.kɑ̃.se.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is précancéreux in French?
précancéreux appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).