purgation
French, noun\pyʁ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
purgation is spelled P-U-R-G-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purgation is a French feminine noun meaning “purgation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Évacuation par le moyen d’un remède qui purge”.
What does purgation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurgation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Évacuation par le moyen d’un remède qui purge. 2. Remède que l’on prend pour se purger.
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 purgation
- purgations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purgation?
- \pyʁ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is purgation in French?
purgation appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).