prophase
French, noun\pʁo.faz\
prophase is spelled P-R-O-P-H-A-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prophase is a French feminine noun meaning “prophase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Première phase de la division cellulaire (mitose ou méiose) pendant laquelle l'ADN, qui en temps normal est…”.
What does prophase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprophase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Première phase de la division cellulaire (mitose ou méiose) pendant laquelle l'ADN, qui en temps normal est présent dans le noyau sous la forme de chromatine, se condense en chromosomes, qui s'individualisent en filaments fissurés longitudinalement, et le centrosome forme le fuseau mitotique.
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 prophase
- prophases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prophase?
- \pʁo.faz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prophase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prophase in French?
prophase appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).