psychose
French, noun/psi.koz/
psychose is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-E (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Psychose is a French feminine noun meaning “psychosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affection psychique grave, qui ne peut se ranger parmi les névroses. D’une façon générale, toutes maladies…”.
What does psychose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepsychosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affection psychique grave, qui ne peut se ranger parmi les névroses. D’une façon générale, toutes maladies mentales avec troubles de la perception, du jugement et du raisonnement, par opposition aux états purement névropathiques, tels que la neurasthénie. 2. Trouble des fonctions intellectuelles, obsession, idée fixe. 3. État de panique collective provoquée par un événement ou un fléau vécu comme une menace.
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 psychose
- psychoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce psychose?
- /psi.koz/
- \psi.koz\
- [psikoz]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to psychose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is psychose in French?
psychose appears 2.2 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).