prophylaxie
French, noun\pʁɔ.fi.la.ksi\
prophylaxie is spelled P-R-O-P-H-Y-L-A-X-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prophylaxie is a French feminine noun meaning “prophylaxis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Précaution propre à préserver d’une maladie”.
What does prophylaxie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprophylaxis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Précaution propre à préserver d’une maladie.
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 prophylaxie
- prophylaxies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prophylaxie?
- \pʁɔ.fi.la.ksi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prophylaxie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prophylaxie in French?
prophylaxie appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).