exéresis
Spanish, noun[ekˈseɾesis]
exéresis is spelled E-X-É-R-E-S-I-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exéresis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “exaeresis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Amputación quirúrgica”.
What does exéresis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexaeresis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amputación quirúrgica. 2. Separación de una parte del cuerpo. Que se ocurre de forma natural, accidental o mediante una cirugía.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce exéresis?
- [ekˈseɾesis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is exéresis in Spanish?
exéresis appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).