scissure
French, noun\si.syʁ\
scissure is spelled S-C-I-S-S-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scissure is a French feminine noun meaning “scissure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sillon ou fente naturelle qu’on observe sur les os et sur divers organes”.
What does scissure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescissure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sillon ou fente naturelle qu’on observe sur les os et sur divers organes. 2. Espace, séparation.
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 scissure
- scissures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scissure?
- \si.syʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is scissure in French?
scissure appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).