agitation
French, noun/a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
agitation is spelled A-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agitation is a French feminine noun meaning “choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est agité”.
What does agitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechoppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
- 2
femininerestlessness
- 3
femininebustle (of street, room etc.); activity
- 4
feminineagitation
- 5
feminineunrest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est agité. 2. Mouvement populaire d’opposition ou de rébellion. 3. État d’un lieu, d’un milieu, d’une vie caractérisés par des mouvements nombreux et incessants. 4. État d’esprit contraire à celui du repos.
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 agitation
- agitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agitation?
- /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [a.ʒi.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 agitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agitation in French?
agitation appears 4.7 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).