acuponcture
French, noun/a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ/
acuponcture is spelled A-C-U-P-O-N-C-T-U-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acuponcture is a French feminine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of acupuncture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de acupuncture”.
What does acuponcture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of acupuncture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de acupuncture.
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 acuponcture
- acuponctures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acuponcture?
- /a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ/
- \a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acuponcture in French?
acuponcture appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).