rurbanisation
French, noun/ʁyʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
rurbanisation is spelled R-U-R-B-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written French, the 221,532nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rurbanisation is a French feminine noun meaning “urbanization relating to the countryside (not to be confused with peri-urbanization)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Processus d’urbanisation progressive d’un territoire rural autour de noyaux d’habitat traditionnels…”.
What does rurbanisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineurbanization relating to the countryside (not to be confused with peri-urbanization)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Processus d’urbanisation progressive d’un territoire rural autour de noyaux d’habitat traditionnels, caractérisé par l’installation de populations dont l’activité principale est liée à la ville.
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 rurbanisation
- rurbanisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rurbanisation?
- /ʁyʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁyʁ.ba.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rurbanisation in French?
rurbanisation appears about once in every 49 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).