scrofule
French, noun\skʁɔ.fyl\
scrofule is spelled S-C-R-O-F-U-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scrofule is a French feminine noun meaning “scrofula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lésion d’altérations de la peau et des muqueuses avec gonflement des ganglions lymphatiques du cou…”.
What does scrofule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescrofula
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lésion d’altérations de la peau et des muqueuses avec gonflement des ganglions lymphatiques du cou, susceptible de produire des tumeurs et des ulcères. 2. Type de tempérament lymphatique du jeune humain, favorable aux infections cutanées (impétigo, etc.), des muqueuses (rhinite, etc.) et à la tuberculose ^([1]).
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 scrofule
- scrofules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scrofule?
- \skʁɔ.fyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scrofule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scrofule in French?
scrofule appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).