automutilation
French, noun/o.tɔ.my.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
automutilation is spelled A-U-T-O-M-U-T-I-L-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Automutilation is a French feminine noun meaning “self-injury, self-harm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mutilation de soi-même, fait de s'infliger des blessures”.
What does automutilation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-injury, self-harm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mutilation de soi-même, fait de s'infliger des blessures. 2. Action de se priver soi-même d'une partie de soi.
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 automutilation
- automutilations plural
- auto-mutilation
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce automutilation?
- /o.tɔ.my.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- /ɔ.tɔ.my.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- \o.to.my.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is automutilation in French?
automutilation appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).