vaccin
French, noun/vak.sɛ̃/
vaccin is spelled V-A-C-C-I-N (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaccin is a French masculine noun meaning “vaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toute substance inoculée à un individu pour l’immuniser contre la maladie qui a produit cette substance…”.
What does vaccin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevaccine (substance that stimulates production of antibodies)
Un vaccin est une préparation biologique administrée à un organisme vivant afin de stimuler son système immunitaire et de développer une immunité adaptative protectrice et relativement durable contre l'agent infectieux d'une maladie particu
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toute substance inoculée à un individu pour l’immuniser contre la maladie qui a produit cette substance (vaccin préventif) ou pour lutter contre la maladie (vaccin thérapeutique). 2. L’inoculation elle-même, la vaccination.
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 vaccin
- vaccins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaccin?
- /vak.sɛ̃/
- \vak.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaccin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaccin in French?
vaccin appears 8.5 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).