constipation
French, noun/kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃/
constipation is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-P-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Constipation is a French feminine noun meaning “constipation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une personne ou d’un animal qui est constipé”.
What does constipation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconstipation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une personne ou d’un animal qui est constipé.
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 constipation
- constipations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce constipation?
- /kɔ̃s.ti.pa.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃s.ti.pa.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 constipation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is constipation in French?
constipation appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).