éjecta
French, noun/e.ʒɛk.ta/
éjecta is spelled É-J-E-C-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éjecta is a French masculine noun meaning “pyroclast, tephra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of éjecter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fragment de roche solide expulsé pendant l’éruption d’un volcan ou lors d'un impact météoritique”.
What does éjecta mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepyroclast, tephra
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of éjecter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fragment de roche solide expulsé pendant l’éruption d’un volcan ou lors d'un impact météoritique.
noun: 1. Variante de éjecta.
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 éjecta
- éjectas plural
- ejectas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éjecta?
- /e.ʒɛk.ta/
- \e.ʒɛk.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éjecta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éjecta in French?
éjecta appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).