accumulation
French, noun/a.ky.my.la.sjɔ̃/
accumulation is spelled A-C-C-U-M-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accumulation is a French feminine noun meaning “accumulation (action of accumulating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’accumuler, en parlant des choses physiques et les choses morales”.
What does accumulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccumulation (action of accumulating)
- 2
feminineaccumulation (result of accumulating)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’accumuler, en parlant des choses physiques et les choses morales. 2. Cette action, appliquée à la chaleur issue de l’effet Joule. 3. Résultat de cette action. 4. Action d’amasser des capitaux qui seront réinvestis.
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 accumulation
- accumulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accumulation?
- /a.ky.my.la.sjɔ̃/
- \a.ky.my.la.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 accumulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accumulation in French?
accumulation appears 6.8 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).