absorption
French, noun/ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃/
absorption is spelled A-B-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absorption is a French feminine noun meaning “absorption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’absorber”.
What does absorption mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabsorption
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’absorber. 2. Fonction par laquelle les êtres organisés attirent à eux et pompent les fluides qui les environnent ou qui sont exhalés intérieurement. 3. Repas offert chaque année aux anciens de l’École polytechnique par la promotion nouvelle. On y absorbe assez de choses pour justifier le nom de la solennité. 4. Transformation d'énergie rayonnante en une autre forme d'énergie par interaction avec la matière. (Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage).
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 absorption
- absorptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absorption?
- /ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃/
- \ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\
- [y.n.‿ap.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absorption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absorption in French?
absorption appears 4.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).