zoonose
\zɔ.ɔ.noz\
The verdict
“zoonose” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie naturellement transmissible des animaux vertébrés à l’être humain et inversement, qui est causée par des agents biologiques vivants (parasites, virus…).
Corpus desk
Index FR-zoonose · zoonose · French
zoonose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zoonose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zɔ.ɔ.noz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zoonose is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zɔ.ɔ.noz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zoonose, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is zoonose, spelled Z-O-O-N-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie naturellement transmissible des animaux vertébrés à l’être humain et inversement, qui est causée par des agents biologiques vivants (parasites, virus…).
- 2Maladie qui frappe surtout les animaux, notamment les vertébrés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zoonose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec ce scénario, on a longtemps considéré la cryptosporidiose comme une zoonose classique dans laquelle l'agent étiologique se dissémine entre les différents mammifères et l'homme.
La peste bubonique est une zoonose. Toutes les souches de grippe sont des zoonoses. Comme la variole du singe, la tuberculose bovine, la maladie de Lyme, le virus Marburg, la rage, le syndrome pulmonaire ou « maladie » à hantavirus, et une étrange affection appelée Nipah, qui a tué des cochons et des éleveurs de porcs en Malaisie ainsi que des paysans qui…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.