application
French, noun/a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
application is spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written French, the 1,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Application is a French feminine noun meaning “application” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’appliquer”.
What does application mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapplication
- 2
femininemapping
- 3
feminineapplication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’appliquer. 2. Résultat de cette action. 3. Ce qui est réalisé pratiquement ; ce qui devient réalité de notions théoriques. 4. Programme informatique utilisant des fonctionnalités d’une certaine plate-forme comme un système d’exploitation et opérant sur celle-ci.
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 application
- applications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce application?
- /a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\
- [a.pli.ka.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 application
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is application in French?
application appears 74 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).