opacification
French, noun/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
opacification is spelled O-P-A-C-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opacification is a French feminine noun meaning “opacification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rendre opaque”.
What does opacification mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineopacification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rendre opaque. 2. Injection d’un produit opaque aux rayons X, afin de faire apparaître la zone ainsi traitée lors d'un examen radiologique. 3. Lésion qui altère la transparence de la cornée ou du cristallin.
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 opacification
- opacifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opacification?
- /ɔ.pa.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔ.pa.si.fi.ka.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 opacification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opacification in French?
opacification appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).