extinction
French, noun/ɛk.stɛ̃k.sjɔ̃/
extinction is spelled E-X-T-I-N-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extinction is a French feminine noun meaning “extinction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’éteindre ou état de ce qui s’éteint, de ce qui est éteint”.
What does extinction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextinction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’éteindre ou état de ce qui s’éteint, de ce qui est éteint. 2. État de la chaux quand elle cesse d’être vive par hydratation. 3. Épuisement, lassitude. 4. Action d'abolir, d'anéantir, de mettre fin.
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 extinction
- extinctions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extinction?
- /ɛk.stɛ̃k.sjɔ̃/
- /ɛks.tɛ̃k.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.stɛ̃k.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 extinction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extinction in French?
extinction appears 6.9 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).