extrapolation
French, noun/ɛk.stʁa.pɔ.la.sjɔ̃/
extrapolation is spelled E-X-T-R-A-P-O-L-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extrapolation is a French feminine noun meaning “extrapolation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Déduction, généralisation à partir de données partielles”.
What does extrapolation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextrapolation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Déduction, généralisation à partir de données partielles. 2. Fait de prolonger des faits observés par une hypothèse allant dans le même sens. 3. Estimation de la valeur d'une fonction en dehors des données connues.
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 extrapolation
- extrapolations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extrapolation?
- /ɛk.stʁa.pɔ.la.sjɔ̃/
- \eks.tʁa.pɔ.la.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 extrapolation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extrapolation in French?
extrapolation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).