subduction
French, noun\syb.dyk.sjɔ̃\
subduction is spelled S-U-B-D-U-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 83,718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subduction is a French feminine noun meaning “subduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Processus d'enfoncement d'une plaque tectonique sous une autre plaque de densité plus faible, généralement…”.
What does subduction mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Processus d'enfoncement d'une plaque tectonique sous une autre plaque de densité plus faible, généralement une plaque océanique sous une plaque continentale ou océanique, ce qui repousse la seconde plaque vers le haut.
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 subduction
- subductions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subduction?
- \syb.dyk.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 subduction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subduction in French?
subduction appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).