desquamation
French, noun/dɛs.kwa.ma.sjɔ̃/
desquamation is spelled D-E-S-Q-U-A-M-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desquamation is a French feminine noun meaning “desquamation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exfoliation de l’épiderme sous forme d’écailles plus ou moins grandes”.
What does desquamation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedesquamation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exfoliation de l’épiderme sous forme d’écailles plus ou moins grandes. 2. Exfoliation de l’écorce. 3. Desquamation de gaine.
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 desquamation
- desquamations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desquamation?
- /dɛs.kwa.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \dɛs.kwa.ma.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desquamation in French?
desquamation appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).