ulcère
French, noun
ulcère is spelled U-L-C-È-R-E (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ulcère is a French masculine noun meaning “ulcer (an open sore)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ulcéré is a different word: “past participle of ulcérer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ulcération persistante, chronique. Plaie ancienne et ne tendant pas à cicatrisation. Une telle plaie à…”.
What does ulcère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineulcer (an open sore)
verb
- 1
past participle of ulcérer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui garde un profond ressentiment. 2. Qui souffre d’un ulcère. 3. Qui est gravement dégradé, altéré.
noun: 1. Ulcération persistante, chronique. Plaie ancienne et ne tendant pas à cicatrisation. Une telle plaie à l'estomac. 2. Source de problèmes sociaux. 3. Blessure morale.
noun: 1. Variante de ulcère.
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 ulcère
- ulcères plural
- ulcérée feminine
- ulcérés masculine plural
- ulcérées feminine plural
- ulceres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ulcère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ulcère in French?
ulcère appears 1.2 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).