ulcération
French, noun/yl.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
ulcération is spelled U-L-C-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ulcération is a French feminine noun meaning “ulceration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Altération moléculaire d’un tissu, par suite d’un processus morbide, avec tendance à la nécrose”.
What does ulcération mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineulceration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Altération moléculaire d’un tissu, par suite d’un processus morbide, avec tendance à la nécrose. 2. Ulcère superficiel causé par une perte de substance d’un tégument.
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 ulcération
- ulcérations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ulcération?
- /yl.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \yl.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
- [yl̪.se.ʁa.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 ulcération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ulcération in French?
ulcération appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).