infibulation
French, noun/ɛ̃.fi.by.la.sjɔ̃/
infibulation is spelled I-N-F-I-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infibulation is a French feminine noun meaning “infibulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mutilation génitale féminine consistant en la suture de la majeure partie des grandes ou des petites lèvres…”.
What does infibulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfibulation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mutilation génitale féminine consistant en la suture de la majeure partie des grandes ou des petites lèvres de la vulve, ne laissant qu’une petite ouverture pour que l’urine et les menstruations puissent s’écouler. 2. Mutilation génitale masculine consistant en la fermeture du prépuce par un anneau.
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 infibulation
- infibulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infibulation?
- /ɛ̃.fi.by.la.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.fi.by.la.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.fi.by.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 infibulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infibulation in French?
infibulation appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).