thanatopraxie
French, noun\ta.na.tɔ.pʁak.si\
thanatopraxie is spelled T-H-A-N-A-T-O-P-R-A-X-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thanatopraxie is a French feminine noun meaning “embalming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Méthodes de conservation des défunts”.
What does thanatopraxie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineembalming
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Méthodes de conservation des défunts.
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 thanatopraxie
- thanatopraxies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce thanatopraxie?
- \ta.na.tɔ.pʁak.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is thanatopraxie in French?
thanatopraxie appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).