contractilité
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁak.ti.li.te/
contractilité is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-I-L-I-T-É (13 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contractilité is a French feminine noun meaning “contractility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté que possèdent certains corps à se contracter”.
What does contractilité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontractility
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faculté que possèdent certains corps à se contracter.
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 contractilité
- contractilités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contractilité?
- /kɔ̃.tʁak.ti.li.te/
- \kɔ̃.tʁak.ti.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contractilité in French?
contractilité appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).