fissuration
French, noun/fi.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
fissuration is spelled F-I-S-S-U-R-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fissuration is a French feminine noun meaning “fissuration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Formation et propagation de fissures dans un matériau ou une structure, sous l’effet de contraintes…”.
What does fissuration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefissuration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Formation et propagation de fissures dans un matériau ou une structure, sous l’effet de contraintes mécaniques, thermiques ou chimiques. 2. Formation de fissures dans un tissu, notamment osseux ou pulmonaire. 3. Formation de fissures dans une roche ou un sol par action mécanique ou climatique.
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 fissuration
- fissurations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fissuration?
- /fi.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \fi.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fissuration in French?
fissuration appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).