diaclase
French, noun/dja.klaz/
diaclase is spelled D-I-A-C-L-A-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diaclase is a French feminine noun meaning “diaclasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fissure dans une roche sans que les parties disjointes s'éloignent l'une de l'autre (comme pour une faille)”.
What does diaclase mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediaclasis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fissure dans une roche sans que les parties disjointes s'éloignent l'une de l'autre (comme pour une faille).
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 diaclase
- diaclases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diaclase?
- /dja.klaz/
- \dja.klaz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diaclase in French?
diaclase appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).