placentation
French, noun\pla.sɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
placentation is a French feminine noun meaning “placentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement entre l'embryon ou ses annexes et la mère incubante ou gestante d'une surface de contact…”.
What does placentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplacentation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Établissement entre l'embryon ou ses annexes et la mère incubante ou gestante d'une surface de contact étendue et permanente à travers laquelle se font les échanges chimiques. 2. Mode d’attache ou de disposition des ovules dans l’ovaire, selon la position des placentas.
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 placentation
- placentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placentation?
- \pla.sɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is placentation in French?
placentation appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).