amputation
French, noun/ɑ̃.py.ta.sjɔ̃/
amputation is spelled A-M-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amputation is a French feminine noun meaning “amputation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’amputer”.
What does amputation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamputation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’amputer.
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 amputation
- amputations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amputation?
- /ɑ̃.py.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ɑ̃.py.ta.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 amputation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amputation in French?
amputation appears 1.1 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).