varice
French, noun/va.ʁis/
varice is spelled V-A-R-I-C-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varice is a French feminine noun meaning “varicose vein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dilatation permanente d’une veine, produite par l’accumulation du sang dans sa cavité”.
What does varice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevaricose vein
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dilatation permanente d’une veine, produite par l’accumulation du sang dans sa cavité.
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 varice
- varices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varice?
- /va.ʁis/
- \va.ʁis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is varice in French?
varice appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).