prophylactique
French, adjective/pʁɔ.fi.lak.tik/
prophylactique is spelled P-R-O-P-H-Y-L-A-C-T-I-Q-U-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prophylactique is a French adjective meaning “prophylactic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préventif”.
What does prophylactique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prophylactic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Médicament utilisé pour prévenir l'apparition ou l'aggravation d'une maladie.
adjective: 1. Préventif. 2. Qui permet d'éloigner les maladies, qui protège de ce risque.
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 prophylactique
- prophylactiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prophylactique?
- /pʁɔ.fi.lak.tik/
- \pʁɔ.fi.lak.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prophylactique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prophylactique in French?
prophylactique appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).