atténuation
French, noun/a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/
atténuation is spelled A-T-T-É-N-U-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atténuation is a French feminine noun meaning “attenuation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’atténuer, de diminuer ; résultat de cette action”.
What does atténuation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattenuation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’atténuer, de diminuer ; résultat de cette action. 2. Affaiblissement, diminution de forces. Il n’est guère usité que dans l'expression «être dans une grande atténuation» 3. Action des remèdes atténuants ; emploi de la diététique de manière à produire l’amaigrissement régulier. 4. Diminution des charges contre un accusé et de la peine prononcée.
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 atténuation
- atténuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atténuation?
- /a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/
- \a.te.nɥa.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 atténuation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atténuation in French?
atténuation appears 1.3 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).