Standard Lemma guide

defragmentation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /diːˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From defragment + -ation or de- + fragmentation.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ապամասնատում (apamasnatum) — action of defragmenting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 碎片整理 (suìpiàn zhěnglǐ) — action of defragmenting
  • Czech: defragmentace — action of defragmenting
  • Dutch: defragmentatie — action of defragmenting
  • Finnish: eheytys — action of defragmenting
  • French: défragmentation — action of defragmenting
  • Galician: desfragmentación — action of defragmenting
  • German: Defragmentierung — action of defragmenting
  • Greek: αποκερματισμός (apokermatismós) — action of defragmenting
  • Greek: ανασυγκρότηση (anasygkrótisi) — action of defragmenting
  • Hungarian: töredezettségmentesítés — action of defragmenting
  • Icelandic: samstykkjun — action of defragmenting
  • Italian: deframmentazione — action of defragmenting
  • Japanese: デフラグメンテーション (defuragumentēshon) — action of defragmenting
  • Japanese: デフラグ (defuragu) — action of defragmenting
  • Kazakh: дефрагментация (defragmentasiä) — action of defragmenting
  • Macedonian: дефрагментација (defragmentacija) — action of defragmenting
  • Malay: penyahserpihan — action of defragmenting
  • Malay: defragmentasi — action of defragmenting
  • Māori: whakatōpūnga kongakonga — action of defragmenting
  • Polish: defragmentacja — action of defragmenting
  • Portuguese: desfragmentação — action of defragmenting
  • Russian: дефрагмента́ция (defragmentácija) — action of defragmenting
  • Spanish: desfragmentación — action of defragmenting