mutilation
French, noun/my.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
mutilation is spelled M-U-T-I-L-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutilation is a French feminine noun meaning “mutilation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de mutiler”.
What does mutilation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemutilation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de mutiler. 2. Dégradation des statues, des tableaux, des édifices, et même des productions littéraires.
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 mutilation
- mutilations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mutilation?
- /my.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- \my.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
- [my.ti.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 mutilation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mutilation in French?
mutilation appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).