tuberculose
French, noun/ty.bɛʁ.ky.loz/
tuberculose is spelled T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-O-S-E (11 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuberculose is a French feminine noun meaning “tuberculosis (The infectious disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse, chronique, des animaux et des humains (zoonose), pouvant atteindre tous…”.
What does tuberculose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetuberculosis (The infectious disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse, chronique, des animaux et des humains (zoonose), pouvant atteindre tous les organes, caractérisée par la présence du bacille de Koch.
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 tuberculose
- tuberculoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuberculose?
- /ty.bɛʁ.ky.loz/
- \ty.bɛʁ.ky.loz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuberculose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuberculose in French?
tuberculose appears 3.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).