éruption
French, noun/e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/
éruption is spelled É-R-U-P-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éruption is a French feminine noun meaning “eruption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jaillissement de matières expulsées”.
What does éruption mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeruption
Un volcan entre en éruption.
- 2
femininerash (inflammation of skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jaillissement de matières expulsées. 2. Jaillissement soudain et violent d’un puits en cours de forage. 3. Poussée de taches, de pustules, de boutons qui paraissent à la peau. 4. Jaillissement d’une force, d’une énergie, d’une réalité intérieure.
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 éruption
- éruptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éruption?
- /e.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/
- \e.ʁyp.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 éruption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éruption in French?
éruption appears 4.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).