défoliation
French, noun/de.fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/
défoliation is spelled D-É-F-O-L-I-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 161,134th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défoliation is a French feminine noun meaning “defoliation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perte de tout ou partie des feuilles d’une plante”.
What does défoliation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefoliation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perte de tout ou partie des feuilles d’une plante.
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 défoliation
- défoliations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défoliation?
- /de.fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/
- \de.fɔ.lja.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is défoliation in French?
défoliation appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).