suture
French, noun
suture is spelled S-U-T-U-R-E (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suture is a French feminine noun meaning “suture; stitch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of suturer. With an accent, suturé is a different word: “past participle of suturer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jointure de deux parties du crâne qui entrent l’une dans l’autre par des dentelures et qui paraissent comme…”.
What does suture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuture; stitch
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of suturer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jointure de deux parties du crâne qui entrent l’une dans l’autre par des dentelures et qui paraissent comme cousues ensemble. 2. Endroit où les pièces, les valves qui forment l’enveloppe de certains fruits se joignent et adhèrent entre elles par leurs bords. 3. Réunion des lèvres d’une plaie, généralement à l’aide d’aiguilles et de fil. 4. En parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit dont on a retranché quelque partie, désigne le travail que l’on fait pour empêcher que la suppression ne paraisse.
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 suture
- sutures plural
- suturée feminine
- suturés masculine plural
- suturées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to suture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suture in French?
suture appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).