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autotomie

French, noun/o.tɔ.tɔ.mi/

autotomie is a French feminine noun meaning “autotomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mutilation par lui-même d’un animal qui se sent en danger”.

What does autotomie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineautotomy

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mutilation par lui-même d’un animal qui se sent en danger.

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 autotomie

  • autotomies plural

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

How do you pronounce autotomie?

  • /o.tɔ.tɔ.mi/
  • /ɔ.tɔ.tɔ.mi/
  • \o.to.tɔ.mi\

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

English words that translate to autotomie

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is autotomie in French?

autotomie appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.

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