appellation
French, noun/a.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃/
appellation is spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appellation is a French feminine noun meaning “call (instance of calling out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’appeler”.
What does appellation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecall (instance of calling out)
- 2
femininea common name; appellation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’appeler. 2. Façon de dénommer quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 3. Action de nommer chaque lettre de l’alphabet. 4. Appel d’un jugement.
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 appellation
- appellations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce appellation?
- /a.pɛ.la.sjɔ̃/
- /a.pe.la.sjɔ̃/
- \a.pɛl.la.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 appellation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is appellation in French?
appellation appears 7.4 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).