mensuration
French, noun\mɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
mensuration is spelled M-E-N-S-U-R-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mensuration is a French feminine noun meaning “measurement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moyen par lequel, en médecine, en anthropométrie, etc., on se rend compte des dimensions d’un être vivant ou…”.
What does mensuration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeasurement
- 2
femininethe size of a person or animal etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moyen par lequel, en médecine, en anthropométrie, etc., on se rend compte des dimensions d’un être vivant ou de quelque partie de son corps. 2. Le tour de poitrine, le tour de taille et le tour de hanche d’une femme.
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 mensuration
- mensurations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mensuration?
- \mɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mensuration in French?
mensuration 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).