activation
French, noun/ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
activation is spelled A-C-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Activation is a French feminine noun meaning “activation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rendre actif”.
What does activation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineactivation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rendre actif. 2. Bombardement d’un matériau à l’aide de particules qui donne lieu à la production (par transmutation) d’atomes radioactifs. 3. Résultat de ce bombardement. 4. Transformation d’un composé en un produit plus réactif, généralement par une modification enzymatique, pouvant accroître sa toxicité ou sa biodisponibilité.
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 activation
- activations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce activation?
- /ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/
- \ak.ti.va.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 activation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is activation in French?
activation appears 2.9 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).