affirmation
French, noun/a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
affirmation is spelled A-F-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affirmation is a French feminine noun meaning “affirmation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’affirmer”.
What does affirmation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffirmation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’affirmer. 2. Expression par laquelle une proposition est affirmative. 3. Assurance avec serment et dans les formes juridiques.
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 affirmation
- affirmations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affirmation?
- /a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
- [a.fiʁ.ma.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 affirmation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is affirmation in French?
affirmation appears 9.8 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).