ectasie
French, noun/ɛk.ta.zi/
ectasie is spelled E-C-T-A-S-I-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ectasie is a French feminine noun meaning “ectasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Expansion ou dilatation d’un organe”.
What does ectasie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineectasis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Expansion ou dilatation d’un organe. 2. Extension, allongement d’une syllabe habituellement brève.
suffix: 1. Suffixe donnant le sens de dilatation.
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 ectasie
- ectasies plural
- ectase
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ectasie?
- /ɛk.ta.zi/
- \ɛk.ta.zi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ectasie in French?
ectasie appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).