variolique
French, adjective\va.ʁjɔ.lik\
variolique is spelled V-A-R-I-O-L-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variolique is a French adjective meaning “smallpox; variolous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la variole”.
What does variolique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smallpox; variolous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la variole.
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 variolique
- varioliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce variolique?
- \va.ʁjɔ.lik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is variolique in French?
variolique appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).