capitulation
French, noun/ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃/
capitulation is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitulation is a French feminine noun meaning “surrender, capitulation (act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composition, traité qu’on fait pour la reddition d’une place, d’un poste, d’une armée, ou pour mettre bas les…”.
What does capitulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininetreaty, convention; especially a treaty regarding the rights of nationals of one party with respect to the government of the other party
- 2
femininesurrender, capitulation (act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms)
Near-synonym: reddition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composition, traité qu’on fait pour la reddition d’une place, d’un poste, d’une armée, ou pour mettre bas les armes. 2. Convention en vertu de laquelle les sujets d’une puissance jouissent de certains privilèges dans les états d’une autre. 3. Acte par lequel des garanties et des privilèges étaient assurés aux résidents et commerçants étrangers dans l’empire ottoman. 4. Moyens de rapprochement et de conciliation qu’on propose dans une affaire.
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 capitulation
- capitulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capitulation?
- /ka.pi.ty.la.sjɔ̃/
- \ka.pi.ty.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 capitulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capitulation in French?
capitulation appears 2.2 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).