œstrus
French, noun/ɛs.tʁys/
œstrus is spelled Œ-S-T-R-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Œstrus is a French masculine noun meaning “oestrus, œstrus, estrus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Période du cycle sexuel d’une femelle, durant laquelle elle est fécondable”.
What does œstrus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoestrus, œstrus, estrus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Période du cycle sexuel d’une femelle, durant laquelle elle est fécondable. 2. Période pendant laquelle la femelle manifeste un comportement particulier, dont le signe caractéristique est l’acceptation de l’accouplement.
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 œstrus?
- /ɛs.tʁys/
- \ɛs.tʁys\
- \øs.tʁys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to œstrus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is œstrus in French?
œstrus appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).