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déchirure

French, noun/de.ʃi.ʁyʁ/

déchirure is spelled D-É-C-H-I-R-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déchirure is a French feminine noun meaning “tear, rip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rupture faite en déchirant, en se déchirant”.

What does déchirure mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetear, rip

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Rupture faite en déchirant, en se déchirant. 2. Trou résultant de cette rupture. 3. Déchirure musculaire.

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 déchirure

  • déchirures plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce déchirure?

  • /de.ʃi.ʁyʁ/
  • \de.ʃi.ʁyʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to déchirure

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is déchirure in French?

déchirure appears 1.8 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).

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