systole
French, noun/sis.tɔl/
systole is spelled S-Y-S-T-O-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Systole is a French feminine noun meaning “systole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement par lequel les fibres musculaires du cœur se contractent pour chasser le sang dans les artères”.
What does systole mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesystole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement par lequel les fibres musculaires du cœur se contractent pour chasser le sang dans les artères.
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 systole
- systoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce systole?
- /sis.tɔl/
- \sis.tɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is systole in French?
systole appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).