autopunition
French, noun/o.tɔ.py.ni.sjɔ̃/
autopunition is spelled A-U-T-O-P-U-N-I-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autopunition is a French feminine noun meaning “self-punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Punition infligée à soi-même pour se déculpabiliser”.
What does autopunition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-punishment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Punition infligée à soi-même pour se déculpabiliser.
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 autopunition
- autopunitions plural
- auto-punition
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autopunition?
- /o.tɔ.py.ni.sjɔ̃/
- /ɔ.tɔ.py.ni.sjɔ̃/
- \o.to.py.ni.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autopunition in French?
autopunition appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).