lixiviation
French, noun\lik.si.vja.sjɔ̃\
lixiviation is spelled L-I-X-I-V-I-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lixiviation is a French feminine noun meaning “lixiviation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extraction des principes solubles d’une substance par le lavage”.
What does lixiviation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelixiviation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extraction des principes solubles d’une substance par le lavage.
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 lixiviation
- lixiviations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lixiviation?
- \lik.si.vja.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lixiviation in French?
lixiviation appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).