caractérisation
French, noun/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
caractérisation is spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-É-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caractérisation is a French feminine noun meaning “characterization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de caractériser”.
What does caractérisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharacterization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de caractériser. 2. Vérification de la conformité d’un produit à ses spécifications au moyen d’un ensemble de tests physiques ou électriques.
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 caractérisation
- caractérisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caractérisation?
- /ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.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 caractérisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caractérisation in French?
caractérisation appears 1.4 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).