augmentation
French, noun/oɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
augmentation is spelled A-U-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written French, the 1,629th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Augmentation is a French feminine noun meaning “an increase, a raise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’augmenter ou le résultat de cette action”.
What does augmentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean increase, a raise
- 2
femininea pay raise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’augmenter ou le résultat de cette action. 2. Augmentation du salaire ou des prix. 3. Ajouts d’un augmentateur au livre d’un autre écrivain.
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 augmentation
- augmentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce augmentation?
- /oɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \oɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
- \ɔɡ.mɑ̃.ta.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 augmentation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is augmentation in French?
augmentation appears 51 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).