trépanation
French, noun/tʁe.pa.na.sjɔ̃/
trépanation is spelled T-R-É-P-A-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trépanation is a French feminine noun meaning “trepanation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de trépaner ; opération du trépan”.
What does trépanation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrepanation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de trépaner ; opération du trépan.
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 trépanation
- trépanations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trépanation?
- /tʁe.pa.na.sjɔ̃/
- \tʁe.pa.na.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 trépanation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trépanation in French?
trépanation appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).