assimilation
French, noun/a.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/
assimilation is spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assimilation is a French feminine noun meaning “assimilation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’assimiler”.
What does assimilation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineassimilation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’assimiler. 2. Action de s’assimiler à un groupe social, national ou humain. 3. Action de devenir semblable. 4. Intégration par un corps vivant de certaines matières étrangères à sa substance, appropriation.
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 assimilation
- assimilations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assimilation?
- /a.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/
- \a.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃\
- [a.si.mi.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 assimilation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assimilation in French?
assimilation appears 4.5 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).