rickettsiose
French, noun\ʁi.kɛ.tjoz\
rickettsiose is spelled R-I-C-K-E-T-T-S-I-O-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rickettsiose is a French feminine noun meaning “rickettsiosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Zoonose induite par les bactéries du genre Rickettsia qui sont des intracellulaires obligatoires, inoculées à…”.
What does rickettsiose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerickettsiosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zoonose induite par les bactéries du genre Rickettsia qui sont des intracellulaires obligatoires, inoculées à l’Homme par divers arthropodes : pou, tique, puce, trombidion, etc…
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 rickettsiose
- rickettsioses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rickettsiose?
- \ʁi.kɛ.tjoz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rickettsiose in French?
rickettsiose appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).