abolition
French, noun/a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃/
abolition is spelled A-B-O-L-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abolition is a French feminine noun meaning “abolition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’abolir”.
What does abolition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabolition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’abolir. 2. Arrêt, cessation. 3. Pardon, amnistie que le prince accordait d’autorité absolue pour un crime qui, par les ordonnances, n’était pas rémissible.
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 abolition
- abolitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abolition?
- /a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃/
- \a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃\
- [a.bɔ.li.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 abolition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abolition in French?
abolition appears 7.9 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).