rançongiciel
French, noun/ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒi.sjɛl/
rançongiciel is spelled R-A-N-Ç-O-N-G-I-C-I-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rançongiciel is a French masculine noun meaning “ransomware (malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Logiciel malveillant qui chiffre des données personnelles puis exige au propriétaire d’envoyer de l’argent en…”.
What does rançongiciel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineransomware (malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Logiciel malveillant qui chiffre des données personnelles puis exige au propriétaire d’envoyer de l’argent en échange de la clé de déchiffrement.
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 rançongiciel
- rançongiciels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rançongiciel?
- /ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒi.sjɛl/
- \ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃.ʒi.sjɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rançongiciel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rançongiciel in French?
rançongiciel appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).