coarctation
French, noun/kɔ.aʁk.ta.sjɔ̃/
coarctation is spelled C-O-A-R-C-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coarctation is a French feminine noun meaning “coarctation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rétrécissement d’une cavité, d’un conduit”.
What does coarctation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoarctation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rétrécissement d’une cavité, d’un conduit.
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 coarctation
- coarctations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coarctation?
- /kɔ.aʁk.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.aʁ.kta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coarctation in French?
coarctation appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).