tuberculeux
French, noun/ty.bɛʁ.ky.lø/
tuberculeux is spelled T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,791st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuberculeux is a French masculine noun meaning “tuberculosis patient, tubercular, consumptive (person suffering from tuberculosis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne atteinte de tuberculose”.
What does tuberculeux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tubercular
- 2
tubercular (having tuberculosis)
un enfant tuberculeux
noun
- 1
masculinetuberculosis patient, tubercular, consumptive (person suffering from tuberculosis)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Tuberculé ; comportant des excroissances. 2. Tubéreux ; qui est de la nature du tubercule. 3. Qui a rapport à la tuberculose. 4. Qui est atteint de la tuberculose.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte de tuberculose.
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 tuberculeux
- tuberculeuse feminine
- tuberculeuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuberculeux?
- /ty.bɛʁ.ky.lø/
- \ty.bɛʁ.ky.lø\
- [ty.bɛʁ.ky.lø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuberculeux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuberculeux in French?
tuberculeux appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).