reflux
French, noun/ʁə.fly/
reflux is spelled R-E-F-L-U-X (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reflux is a French masculine noun meaning “ebb, ebb tide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement réglé de la mer qui se retire du rivage après le flux”.
What does reflux mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineebb, ebb tide
- 2
masculinevicissitude
- 3
masculinereflux
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement réglé de la mer qui se retire du rivage après le flux. 2. Vicissitude, changement alternatif des choses humaines. 3. Réjection du bol alimentaire, chez le nourrisson, chez l’adulte. 4. Mode de solubilisation avec une faible quantité de liquide qui, par condensation, dissout des substances à son contact.
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.
How do you pronounce reflux?
- /ʁə.fly/
- \ʁə.fly\
- [ʁə.fly]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reflux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reflux in French?
reflux appears 1.3 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).