extirpation
French, noun/ɛk.stiʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/
extirpation is spelled E-X-T-I-R-P-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extirpation is a French feminine noun meaning “extirpation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’extirper”.
What does extirpation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextirpation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’extirper. 2. Éradication.
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 extirpation
- extirpations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extirpation?
- /ɛk.stiʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.stiʁ.pa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is extirpation in French?
extirpation appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).