éventration
French, noun/e.vɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
éventration is spelled É-V-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éventration is a French feminine noun meaning “eventration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Éventrement, action d'éventrer”.
What does éventration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeventration
- 2
femininerupture
- 3
feminineevisceration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Éventrement, action d'éventrer. 2. Hernie ventrale qui se forme dans les régions antérieures et latérales de l’abdomen.
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 éventration
- éventrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éventration?
- /e.vɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \e.vɑ̃t.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is éventration in French?
éventration appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).