prostration
French, noun/pʁɔs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
prostration is spelled P-R-O-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prostration is a French feminine noun meaning “prostration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affaiblissement extrême ; profond abattement”.
What does prostration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprostration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affaiblissement extrême ; profond abattement.
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 prostration
- prostrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prostration?
- /pʁɔs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔs.tʁa.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 prostration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prostration in French?
prostration 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).