apparition
French, noun/a.pa.ʁi.sjɔ̃/
apparition is spelled A-P-P-A-R-I-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apparition is a French feminine noun meaning “appearance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’apparaître, de se montrer”.
What does apparition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineappearance
- 2
feminineghost
- 3
feminineplate appearance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’apparaître, de se montrer. 2. Passage rapide. 3. Action de se manifester, de se rendre tout d’un coup visible. 4. Être imaginaire qu’on croit apercevoir quand on est en état d’hallucination.
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 apparition
- apparitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apparition?
- /a.pa.ʁi.sjɔ̃/
- \a.pa.ʁi.sjɔ̃\
- [a.pa.ʁi.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 apparition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apparition in French?
apparition appears 26 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).