aviation
French, noun/a.vja.sjɔ̃/
aviation is spelled A-V-I-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,605th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aviation is a French feminine noun meaning “aviation (art or science of flying)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tout ce qui concerne l’emploi des avions”.
What does aviation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaviation (art or science of flying)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tout ce qui concerne l’emploi des avions. 2. Toute formation qui utilise les aéronefs. 3. Terrain d’aviation
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 aviation
- aviations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aviation?
- /a.vja.sjɔ̃/
- \a.vja.sjɔ̃\
- [a.vja.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 aviation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aviation in French?
aviation appears 10 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).