feuillaison
French, noun/fœ.jɛ.zɔ̃/
feuillaison is spelled F-E-U-I-L-L-A-I-S-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feuillaison is a French feminine noun meaning “foliation (annual formation of leaves)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Renouvellement annuel des feuilles, produit par le développement des bourgeons”.
What does feuillaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoliation (annual formation of leaves)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Renouvellement annuel des feuilles, produit par le développement des bourgeons. 2. Époque où se produit ce renouvellement.
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 feuillaison
- feuillaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feuillaison?
- /fœ.jɛ.zɔ̃/
- /fœ.je.zɔ̃/
- \fœ.jɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is feuillaison in French?
feuillaison appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).