troncation
French, noun/tʁɔ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/
troncation is spelled T-R-O-N-C-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Troncation is a French feminine noun meaning “clipping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de tronquer”.
What does troncation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclipping
- 2
femininedisfixation, back-formation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de tronquer. 2. Abrègement d’un mot par suppression de phonèmes. 3. Mot obtenu par troncation.
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 troncation
- troncations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce troncation?
- /tʁɔ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \tʁɔ̃.ka.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 troncation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is troncation in French?
troncation appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).