pétrification
French, noun\pet.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
pétrification is spelled P-É-T-R-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pétrification is a French feminine noun meaning “petrification, petrifaction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remplacement progressif de la matière organique par des minéraux, souvent au cours de la fossilisation”.
What does pétrification mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepetrification, petrifaction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Remplacement progressif de la matière organique par des minéraux, souvent au cours de la fossilisation. 2. Chose pétrifiée.
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 pétrification
- pétrifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pétrification?
- \pet.ʁi.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 pétrification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pétrification in French?
pétrification appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).