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striation

French, noun\stʁi.a.sjɔ̃\

striation is a French feminine noun meaning “striation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de strier”.

What does striation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestriation

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de strier. 2. Disposition par stries. 3. Marque de sillons ou de stries.

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 striation

  • striations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce striation?

  • \stʁi.a.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 striation

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is striation in French?

striation appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).