castration
French, noun/kas.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
castration is spelled C-A-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castration is a French feminine noun meaning “castration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Opération par laquelle on châtre un homme ou un animal”.
What does castration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecastration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Opération par laquelle on châtre un homme ou un animal. 2. Opération analogue par laquelle on ôte à une plante la faculté de produire du pollen. 3. Castration imaginaire qui peut mener à l’angoisse de castration puis au complexe de castration.
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 castration
- castrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castration?
- /kas.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \kas.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to castration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is castration in French?
castration appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).