ingestion
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/noun
ingestion is spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ingestion means “The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ingestion is ingestions.
How many letters and syllables are in ingestion?
| Letters | 9: I-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ingestion?
Ingestion appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ingestion?
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/
Ingestion has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ingestion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ingestion
- ingestions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ingestion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
- 2
The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
- 3
Any intake of a substance into an organism.
- 4
Intake of data into a computer system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ingestion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the action of ingesting:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ingestion come from?
Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).