gélifraction
French, noun/ʒe.li.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
gélifraction is spelled G-É-L-I-F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gélifraction is a French feminine noun meaning “gelifraction, congeliturbation, cryoclasty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mode d’altération du sol rocheux causé par les cycles de gel et de dégel de l’eau à l’intérieur du sol”.
What does gélifraction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegelifraction, congeliturbation, cryoclasty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mode d’altération du sol rocheux causé par les cycles de gel et de dégel de l’eau à l’intérieur du sol.
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 gélifraction
- gélifractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gélifraction?
- /ʒe.li.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
- \ʒe.li.fʁak.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gélifraction in French?
gélifraction appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).