abrasion
French, noun/a.bʁa.zjɔ̃/
abrasion is spelled A-B-R-A-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrasion is a French feminine noun meaning “abrasion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’user une surface par frottement, grattage ou polissage, généralement à l’aide d’un abrasif”.
What does abrasion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabrasion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’user une surface par frottement, grattage ou polissage, généralement à l’aide d’un abrasif. 2. Usure, détérioration ou perte de matière résultant d’un frottement répété. 3. Érosion mécanique due au frottement de particules (sédiments, débris) transportées par l’eau, la glace, parfois le vent, contre une roche. 4. Action de poncer, user ou polir une surface (pierre, béton, etc.) par frottement.
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 abrasion
- abrasions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrasion?
- /a.bʁa.zjɔ̃/
- \a.bʁa.zjɔ̃\
- \abʁazjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abrasion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrasion in French?
abrasion appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).