sorption
French, noun\sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\
sorption is spelled S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorption is a French feminine noun meaning “sorption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phénomène physicochimique (absorption ou adsorption) au cours duquel une espèce chimique se concentre à la…”.
What does sorption mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesorption
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phénomène physicochimique (absorption ou adsorption) au cours duquel une espèce chimique se concentre à la surface d’un solide ou d’un liquide, ou pénètre dans celui-ci.
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 sorption
- sorptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorption?
- \sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorption in French?
sorption appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).