prolifération
French, noun/pʁɔ.li.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
prolifération is spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prolifération is a French feminine noun meaning “proliferation, spreading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Multiplication par division des cellules”.
What does prolifération mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineproliferation, spreading
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Multiplication par division des cellules. 2. Multiplication de choses indésirables. 3. Prolifération nucléaire : accroissement du nombre des pays disposant de l'arme atomique.
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 prolifération
- proliférations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prolifération?
- /pʁɔ.li.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.li.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prolifération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prolifération in French?
prolifération appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).