silicose
French, noun/si.li.koz/
silicose is spelled S-I-L-I-C-O-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silicose is a French feminine noun meaning “silicosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie pulmonaire provoquée par l’inhalation de particules de poussière de silice”.
What does silicose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesilicosis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie pulmonaire provoquée par l’inhalation de particules de poussière de silice.
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.
How do you pronounce silicose?
- /si.li.koz/
- \si.li.koz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silicose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silicose in French?
silicose appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).