adoration
French, noun/a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
adoration is spelled A-D-O-R-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adoration is a French feminine noun meaning “adoration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’adorer”.
What does adoration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadoration
- 2
feminineadoration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’adorer. 2. Attitude de respect et d’amour envers Dieu. 3. Acte de vénération du Christ réellement présent dans l’hostie consacrée au cours de la messe. 4. Cérémonie qui se pratique à l’égard d’un pape nouvellement élu, lorsqu’il est mis sur l’autel après son élection et que les cardinaux vont lui rendre honneur.
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 adoration
- adorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adoration?
- /a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \a.dɔ.ʁa.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 adoration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adoration in French?
adoration appears 2.6 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).