résorption
French, noun/ʁe.zɔʁp.sjɔ̃/
résorption is spelled R-É-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Résorption is a French feminine noun meaning “resorption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’absorber de nouveau ; résultat de cette action”.
What does résorption mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresorption
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’absorber de nouveau ; résultat de cette action. 2. Retour dans la circulation d’un liquide extravasé. 3. Disparition plus ou moins complète par absorption progressive, d'un tissu, d'un organe dégénéré, ou d'un corps étranger (liquide, solide ou gazeux). 4. Atrophie, jusqu’à disparition complète, d’un élément ou d’un organe.
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 résorption
- résorptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce résorption?
- /ʁe.zɔʁp.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁe.zɔʁ.psjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to résorption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is résorption in French?
résorption appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).