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scoliose

French, noun/skɔ.ljoz/

scoliose is a French feminine noun meaning “scoliosis (condition where there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déviation latérale de la colonne vertébrale”.

What does scoliose mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininescoliosis (condition where there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Déviation latérale de la colonne vertébrale. 2. Déformation, gauchissement.

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 scoliose

  • scolioses plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce scoliose?

  • /skɔ.ljoz/
  • \skɔ.ljoz\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to scoliose

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is scoliose in French?

scoliose appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).