abnégation
French, noun/ab.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
abnégation is spelled A-B-N-É-G-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abnégation is a French feminine noun meaning “selflessness, self-sacrifice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Renoncement, sacrifice”.
What does abnégation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineselflessness, self-sacrifice
- 2
femininedenial, abnegation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Renoncement, sacrifice. 2. Détachement de tout ce qui n’a pas rapport à Dieu.
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 abnégation
- abnégations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abnégation?
- /ab.ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- \ab.ne.ɡa.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 abnégation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abnégation in French?
abnégation appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).