stimulus
French, noun/sti.my.lys/
stimulus is spelled S-T-I-M-U-L-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stimulus is a French masculine noun meaning “stimulus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tout phénomène externe qui a une influence sur un système, en déclenchant ou modifiant un phénomène interne”.
What does stimulus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestimulus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tout phénomène externe qui a une influence sur un système, en déclenchant ou modifiant un phénomène interne. 2. Impulsion susceptible de provoquer la réponse ou l’excitation d’un organe. 3. Désigne ce qui peut engendrer une réaction comportementale. 4. Impact pour provoquer une réponse d’un système.
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 stimulus
- stimuli plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stimulus?
- /sti.my.lys/
- \sti.my.lys\
- [æ̃ sti.my.lys]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stimulus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stimulus in French?
stimulus appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).