africanisation
French, noun/a.fʁi.ka.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
africanisation is spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Africanisation is a French feminine noun meaning “Africanization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’africaniser”.
What does africanisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineAfricanization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’africaniser.
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 africanisation
- africanisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce africanisation?
- /a.fʁi.ka.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
- \a.fʁi.ka.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
- [a.fʁi.ka.ni.za.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 africanisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is africanisation in French?
africanisation appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).