sida
French, noun
sida is spelled S-I-D-A (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sida is a French masculine noun meaning “acronym of syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise; AIDS” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, SIDA is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of sida”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Syndrome humain caractéristique d’une ou plusieurs maladies relevant d’un déficit immunitaire de l’organisme”.
What does sida mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacronym of syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise; AIDS
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of sida
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Syndrome humain caractéristique d’une ou plusieurs maladies relevant d’un déficit immunitaire de l’organisme.
noun: 1. Dicotylédone de la famille des malvacées comme par exemple la guimauve. Plusieurs espèces sont utilisées soit comme astringent soit comme aphrodisiaque.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de sida.
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 sida
- SIDA alternative
- sidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sida
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sida in French?
sida appears 10 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).