rachitisme
French, noun/ʁa.ʃi.tism/
rachitisme is spelled R-A-C-H-I-T-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rachitisme is a French masculine noun meaning “rickets” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie grave des jeunes (nourrissons, jeunes enfants, jeunes animaux) qui se manifeste principalement par la…”.
What does rachitisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerickets
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie grave des jeunes (nourrissons, jeunes enfants, jeunes animaux) qui se manifeste principalement par la déformation de la colonne vertébrale et de la plupart des os, avec gonflement des articulations, fractures et faiblesse musculaire par suite d’une insuffisance de calcification des os et des cartilages due à une carence en calcium, en phosphore ou en vitamine D (avitaminose D). 2. Maladie du blé, qui empêche la tige de se développer et la rend noueuse.
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 rachitisme
- rachitismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rachitisme?
- /ʁa.ʃi.tism/
- /ʁa.ʃi.tizm/
- \ʁa.ʃi.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rachitisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rachitisme in French?
rachitisme appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).