suffusion
French, noun/sy.fy.zjɔ̃/
suffusion is spelled S-U-F-F-U-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suffusion is a French feminine noun meaning “suffusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Épanchement d'un liquide organique (le sang par exemple) en dehors des vaisseaux ou canaux qui les…”.
What does suffusion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuffusion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Épanchement d'un liquide organique (le sang par exemple) en dehors des vaisseaux ou canaux qui les contiennent d'ordinaire. 2. Épanchement, imprégnation diffuse.
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 suffusion
- suffusions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suffusion?
- /sy.fy.zjɔ̃/
- \sy.fy.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is suffusion in French?
suffusion appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).