expectoration
French, noun/ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
expectoration is spelled E-X-P-E-C-T-O-R-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expectoration is a French feminine noun meaning “expectoration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’expectorer”.
What does expectoration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpectoration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’expectorer. 2. Ce qui est expectoré, crachat.
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 expectoration
- expectorations plural
- expectoriation
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expectoration?
- /ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛk.spɛk.tɔ.ʁa.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 expectoration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expectoration in French?
expectoration appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).