décortication
French, noun/de.kɔʁ.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/
décortication is spelled D-É-C-O-R-T-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décortication is a French feminine noun meaning “decortication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de décortiquer”.
What does décortication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecortication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de décortiquer.
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 décortication
- décortications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décortication?
- /de.kɔʁ.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \de.kɔʁ.ti.ka.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décortication in French?
décortication appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).