fluxion
French, noun/flyk.sjɔ̃/
fluxion is spelled F-L-U-X-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 147,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fluxion is a French masculine noun meaning “fluxion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Afflux de sang ou d’un autre liquide dans une partie du corps, on considère que c'est le premier stade de…”.
What does fluxion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefluxion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Afflux de sang ou d’un autre liquide dans une partie du corps, on considère que c'est le premier stade de l'inflammation. 2. Gonflement inflammatoire des gencives, des joues. 3. Vitesse d'un mouvement, selon Isaac Newton.
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 fluxion
- fluxions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fluxion?
- /flyk.sjɔ̃/
- \flyk.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fluxion in French?
fluxion appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).