xérostomie
French, noun\kse.ʁɔs.tɔ.mi\
xérostomie is spelled X-É-R-O-S-T-O-M-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xérostomie is a French feminine noun meaning “xerostomia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terme médical désignant la sécheresse buccale par diminution ou disparition de la salivation”.
What does xérostomie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininexerostomia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Terme médical désignant la sécheresse buccale par diminution ou disparition de la salivation.
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 xérostomie
- xérostomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xérostomie?
- \kse.ʁɔs.tɔ.mi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xérostomie in French?
xérostomie appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).