adaptation
French, noun/a.dap.ta.sjɔ̃/
adaptation is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adaptation is a French feminine noun meaning “adaptation (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’adapter ou de s’adapter”.
What does adaptation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadaptation (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’adapter ou de s’adapter. 2. Modification d’une chose en vue de la rendre adéquate à une nouvelle situation. 3. Fait pour un service ou produit de bien correspondre aux besoins du marché. 4. Action ou processus permettant à un organisme ou à une personne de s’ajuster à son milieu ou à de nouvelles conditions.
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 adaptation
- adaptations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adaptation?
- /a.dap.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \a.dap.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [a.dap.ta.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 adaptation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adaptation in French?
adaptation appears 23 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).