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émaciation

French, noun/e.ma.sja.sjɔ̃/

émaciation is a French feminine noun meaning “Very pronounced emaciation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Amaigrissement”.

What does émaciation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineVery pronounced emaciation

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Amaigrissement.

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 émaciation

  • émaciations plural

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

How do you pronounce émaciation?

  • /e.ma.sja.sjɔ̃/
  • \e.ma.sja.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 émaciation

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