acquisition
French, noun/a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃/
acquisition is spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acquisition is a French feminine noun meaning “acquisition (fact of acquiring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’acquérir”.
What does acquisition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacquisition (fact of acquiring)
Pour les classes populaires occitanophones, la promotion sociale ne pouvait passer que par l'acquisition du français.
- 2
feminineacquisition (the thing obtained)
- 3
femininepurchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’acquérir. 2. La chose acquise elle-même. 3. Réception d'un signal identifiable provenant d'un émetteur artificiel ou naturel. 4. Acquisition d'un signal reflété
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 acquisition
- acquisitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acquisition?
- /a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃/
- \a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃\
- [a.ki.zi.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 acquisition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acquisition in French?
acquisition appears 20 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).