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apraxie

French, noun/a.pʁak.si/

apraxie is spelled A-P-R-A-X-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apraxie is a French feminine noun meaning “apraxia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Trouble acquis de la réalisation intentionnelle de gestes ou d’actions appris, non explicable par une…”.

What does apraxie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineapraxia

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Trouble acquis de la réalisation intentionnelle de gestes ou d’actions appris, non explicable par une atteinte sensorimotrice élémentaire, une anomalie de la coordination, un trouble majeur de la compréhension ou un affaiblissement intellectuel important.

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 apraxie

  • apraxies plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce apraxie?

  • /a.pʁak.si/
  • \a.pʁak.si\
  • [a.pʁak.si]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is apraxie in French?

apraxie appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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