rougeole
French, noun/ʁu.ʒɔl/
rougeole is spelled R-O-U-G-E-O-L-E (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rougeole is a French feminine noun meaning “measles, rubeola (acute highly contagious viral disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie souvent infantile, fébrile, contagieuse, qui se manifeste par une éruption généralisée de petites…”.
What does rougeole mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeasles, rubeola (acute highly contagious viral disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie souvent infantile, fébrile, contagieuse, qui se manifeste par une éruption généralisée de petites taches rouges. 2. Nom vernaculaire ancien de l'adventice culturale mélampyre des champs. (Melampyrum arvense).
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 rougeole
- rougeoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rougeole?
- /ʁu.ʒɔl/
- \ʁu.ʒɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rougeole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rougeole in French?
rougeole appears 1.5 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).