claudication
French, noun/klo.di.ka.sjɔ̃/
claudication is spelled C-L-A-U-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claudication is a French feminine noun meaning “limp, lameness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de boiter”.
What does claudication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelimp, lameness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de boiter. 2. Évolution erratique.
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 claudication
- claudications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claudication?
- /klo.di.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \klo.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is claudication in French?
claudication appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).