dépigmentation
French, noun\de.piɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
dépigmentation is spelled D-É-P-I-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépigmentation is a French feminine noun meaning “depigmentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminution, voire disparition des pigments qui colorent un tissu”.
What does dépigmentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedepigmentation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminution, voire disparition des pigments qui colorent un tissu. 2. Perte des pigments de la peau (mélanocytes) entraînant l’apparition de taches blanches. 3. Éclaircissement artificiel et volontaire de la peau, obtenu par réduction de la mélanine grâce à divers produits.
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 dépigmentation
- dépigmentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépigmentation?
- \de.piɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dépigmentation in French?
dépigmentation appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).