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déplétion

French, noun/de.ple.sjɔ̃/

déplétion is spelled D-É-P-L-É-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déplétion is a French feminine noun meaning “depletion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminution”.

What does déplétion mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedepletion

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Diminution. 2. Hétérogénéité d’un astre, qui se traduit par une diminution locale de son champ de gravitation. 3. Diminution de la quantité d’une substance dans un organe ou l’organisme, état qui en résulte.

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 déplétion

  • déplétions plural

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

How do you pronounce déplétion?

  • /de.ple.sjɔ̃/
  • \de.ple.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 déplétion

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

How common is déplétion in French?

déplétion appears about once in every 9 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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