captation
French, noun/kap.ta.sjɔ̃/
captation is spelled C-A-P-T-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Captation is a French feminine noun meaning “inveiglement, captation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de capter”.
What does captation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinveiglement, captation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de capter. 2. Fait de mettre le grappin sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 3. Tromperies, mensonges faits à une personne pour obtenir d’elle un avantage ou un don. 4. Enregistrement lors d’un concert, d’une représentation.
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 captation
- captations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce captation?
- /kap.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \kap.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is captation in French?
captation appears 1.2 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).