prothèse
French, noun/pʁɔ.tɛz/
prothèse is spelled P-R-O-T-H-È-S-E (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prothèse is a French feminine noun meaning “prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appareil servant à remplacer un organe ou un membre”.
What does prothèse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
noun
- 1
feminineprothesis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appareil servant à remplacer un organe ou un membre. 2. Ce que l'on ajoute au corps pour améliorer ses performances. 3. Fait d’ajouter un son au début d’un mot sans en changer le sens, pour des motifs articulatoires ou stylistiques.
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 prothèse
- prothèses plural
- prosthèse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prothèse?
- /pʁɔ.tɛz/
- \pʁɔ.tɛz\
- [pʁɔ.tɛz]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prothèse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prothèse in French?
prothèse appears 2.0 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).