avulsion
French, noun/a.vyl.sjɔ̃/
avulsion is spelled A-V-U-L-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avulsion is a French feminine noun meaning “avulsion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’arracher, séparation chirurgicale d’une partie d’un corps”.
What does avulsion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineavulsion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’arracher, séparation chirurgicale d’une partie d’un corps. 2. Arrachement d’une partie de la rive d’un cours d’eau. 3. Changement du cours d'un fleuve, déplacement de son lit.
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 avulsion
- avulsions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avulsion?
- /a.vyl.sjɔ̃/
- \a.vyl.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is avulsion in French?
avulsion appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).