virilisation
French, noun\vi.ʁi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
virilisation is spelled V-I-R-I-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virilisation is a French feminine noun meaning “virilisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Développement des caractères sexuels masculins”.
What does virilisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevirilisation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Développement des caractères sexuels masculins.
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 virilisation
- virilisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virilisation?
- \vi.ʁi.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is virilisation in French?
virilisation appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).