néoformation
French, noun\ne.o.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
néoformation is spelled N-É-O-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Néoformation is a French feminine noun meaning “neoformation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Formation d’un tissu nouveau, sans rapport avec les tissus avoisinants, chez un être vivant”.
What does néoformation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneoformation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Formation d’un tissu nouveau, sans rapport avec les tissus avoisinants, chez un être vivant. 2. Formation d’une tumeur bénigne ou maligne.
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 néoformation
- néoformations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce néoformation?
- \ne.o.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is néoformation in French?
néoformation appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).