extermination
French, noun/ɛk.stɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
extermination is spelled E-X-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extermination is a French feminine noun meaning “extermination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’exterminer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does extermination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextermination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’exterminer ou résultat de cette action. 2. Destruction totale, ruine absolue.
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 extermination
- exterminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extermination?
- /ɛk.stɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛks.tɛʁ.mi.na.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 extermination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extermination in French?
extermination appears 2.6 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).