réfaction
French, noun\ʁe.fak.sjɔ̃\
réfaction is spelled R-É-F-A-C-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réfaction is a French feminine noun meaning “recompense; atonement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réduction de prix offerte ou obtenue en dédommagement”.
What does réfaction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecompense; atonement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réduction de prix offerte ou obtenue en dédommagement. 2. Maintien, dans une grume vendue, d’une section présentant un défaut, mais sans facturer le volume de ladite section.
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 réfaction
- réfactions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réfaction?
- \ʁe.fak.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is réfaction in French?
réfaction appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).