tétraplégie
French, noun/te.tʁa.ple.ʒi/
tétraplégie is a French feminine noun meaning “tetraplegia, quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paralysie des quatre membres”.
What does tétraplégie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetetraplegia, quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paralysie des quatre membres.
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 tétraplégie
- tétraplégies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tétraplégie?
- /te.tʁa.ple.ʒi/
- \te.tʁa.ple.ʒi\
- [te.tʁa.ple.ʒi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tétraplégie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tétraplégie in French?
tétraplégie appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).