Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

french paradox

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: french -para-dox
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The observation that the French suffer a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease, despite having a diet relatively rich in saturated fats.

Etymology

Coined by Dr. Serge Renaud of Bordeaux University in 1992.

Inflected Forms

the French paradox (canonical)

Questions

What does french paradox mean?: The observation that the French suffer a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease, despite having a diet relatively rich in saturated fats.
Where does french paradox come from?: Coined by Dr. Serge Renaud of Bordeaux University in 1992.

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