sarcopénie
French, noun/saʁ.kɔ.pe.ni/
sarcopénie is spelled S-A-R-C-O-P-É-N-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sarcopénie is a French feminine noun meaning “sarcopenia (gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminution progressive de la masse musculaire en vieillissant”.
What does sarcopénie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesarcopenia (gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminution progressive de la masse musculaire en vieillissant.
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 sarcopénie
- sarcopénies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sarcopénie?
- /saʁ.kɔ.pe.ni/
- \saʁ.kɔ.pe.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sarcopénie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sarcopénie in French?
sarcopénie appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).