autoformation
French, noun/o.tɔ.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
autoformation is spelled A-U-T-O-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoformation is a French feminine noun meaning “autodidacticism, self-education” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Formation qui fait appel aux capacités d'autonomie de la personne qui la pratique”.
What does autoformation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineautodidacticism, self-education
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Formation qui fait appel aux capacités d'autonomie de la personne qui la pratique.
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 autoformation
- autoformations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autoformation?
- /o.tɔ.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
- /ɔ.tɔ.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \o.tɔ.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autoformation in French?
autoformation appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).