altération
French, noun/al.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
altération is spelled A-L-T-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altération is a French feminine noun meaning “alteration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changement dans l’état d’une chose”.
What does altération mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealteration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Changement dans l’état d’une chose. 2. Dégradation par rapport à un état normal ou un état d’origine. 3. Dépôt de particules transportées par l’eau, le vent ou la glace. 4. Modification en mal dans l’état d’une personne ou d’une chose.
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 altération
- altérations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altération?
- /al.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \al.te.ʁa.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 altération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is altération in French?
altération appears 2.5 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).