attrition
French, noun/a.tʁi.sjɔ̃/
attrition is spelled A-T-T-R-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attrition is a French feminine noun meaning “attrition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Usure de deux corps durs par frottement mutuel”.
What does attrition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattrition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Usure de deux corps durs par frottement mutuel. 2. Regret d’avoir offensé Dieu, causé par la crainte des peines du purgatoire ou de l’enfer. 3. Diminution progressive, comme par usure, d’une quantité d'effectif, de substance ou d’autres éléments non forcément matériels.
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 attrition
- attritions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attrition?
- /a.tʁi.sjɔ̃/
- \at.ʁi.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is attrition in French?
attrition appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).