annihilation
French, noun/a.ni.i.la.sjɔ̃/
annihilation is spelled A-N-N-I-H-I-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Annihilation is a French feminine noun meaning “annihilation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’annihiler”.
What does annihilation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineannihilation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’annihiler. 2. Action mutuelle de deux particules par laquelle chacune perd son identité.
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 annihilation
- annihilations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce annihilation?
- /a.ni.i.la.sjɔ̃/
- \a.ni.i.la.sjɔ̃\
- \a.ni.i.lɑ.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 annihilation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is annihilation in French?
annihilation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).