corrosion
French, noun/kɔ.ʁɔ.zjɔ̃/
corrosion is spelled C-O-R-R-O-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corrosion is a French feminine noun meaning “corrosion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de corroder ou de se corroder; résultat de cette action”.
What does corrosion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecorrosion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de corroder ou de se corroder; résultat de cette action.
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 corrosion
- corrosions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corrosion?
- /kɔ.ʁɔ.zjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.ʁɔ.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corrosion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corrosion in French?
corrosion appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).