urtication
French, noun/yʁ.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/
urtication is spelled U-R-T-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters). Urtication is a French feminine noun meaning “urtication (beating with nettles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Flagellation avec des orties pour produire une excitation”.
What does urtication mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoleteurtication (beating with nettles)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Flagellation avec des orties pour produire une excitation.
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 urtication
- urtications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urtication?
- /yʁ.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.