caramélisation
French, noun/ka.ʁa.me.li.za.sjɔ̃/
caramélisation is spelled C-A-R-A-M-É-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caramélisation is a French feminine noun meaning “caramelisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui est caramélisé”.
What does caramélisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaramelisation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui est caramélisé. 2. Oxydation du sucre pour le transformer en caramel et lui donner une couleur brune.
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 caramélisation
- caramélisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caramélisation?
- /ka.ʁa.me.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ka.ʁa.me.li.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 caramélisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caramélisation in French?
caramélisation appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).