invagination
French, noun/ɛ̃.va.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/
invagination is spelled I-N-V-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invagination is a French feminine noun meaning “invagination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Retournement d’un organe creux, notamment l’intestin, sur lui-même”.
What does invagination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvagination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retournement d’un organe creux, notamment l’intestin, sur lui-même.
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 invagination
- invaginations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce invagination?
- /ɛ̃.va.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.va.ʒi.na.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 invagination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invagination in French?
invagination appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).