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excoriation

French, noun/ɛk.skɔ.ʁja.sjɔ̃/

excoriation is a French feminine noun meaning “excoriation (flaying of skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Écorchure de la peau”.

What does excoriation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineexcoriation (flaying of skin)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Écorchure de la peau.

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 excoriation

  • excoriations plural

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

How do you pronounce excoriation?

  • /ɛk.skɔ.ʁja.sjɔ̃/
  • \ɛk.skɔ.ʁja.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 excoriation

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