animation
French, noun/a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃/
animation is spelled A-N-I-M-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,391st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animation is a French feminine noun meaning “animation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’animer”.
What does animation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanimation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’animer. 2. Vivacité que l’on met à faire une chose. 3. Caractéristique de ce qui est animé. 4. Activités pour distraire les gens présents.
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 animation
- animations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce animation?
- /a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \a.ni.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 animation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is animation in French?
animation 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).