défécation

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfaecātiō. By surface analysis, déféquer +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.fe.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === défécation f (plural défécations) defecation === Further reading === “défécation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012