défiguration
French, noun/de.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
défiguration is spelled D-É-F-I-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défiguration is a French feminine noun meaning “disfiguration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de défigurer, résultat de cette action”.
What does défiguration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisfiguration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de défigurer, résultat de cette action. 2. Piratage informatique qui consiste à modifier le code des pages d’un site, en particulier de la page d’accueil, pour en dénaturer l’apparence ou le contenu.
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 défiguration
- défigurations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défiguration?
- /de.fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \de.fi.ɡy.ʁa.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 défiguration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is défiguration in French?
défiguration appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).