clitoridectomie
French, noun/kli.tɔ.ʁi.dɛk.tɔ.mi/
clitoridectomie is spelled C-L-I-T-O-R-I-D-E-C-T-O-M-I-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clitoridectomie is a French feminine noun meaning “clitoridectomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ablation partielle ou totale du clitoris, appelée excision quand elle est pratiquée à des fins rituelles”.
What does clitoridectomie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclitoridectomy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ablation partielle ou totale du clitoris, appelée excision quand elle est pratiquée à des fins rituelles.
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 clitoridectomie
- clitoridectomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clitoridectomie?
- /kli.tɔ.ʁi.dɛk.tɔ.mi/
- \kli.to.ʁi.dɛk.to.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 clitoridectomie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clitoridectomie in French?
clitoridectomie appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).