cassation
French, noun/ka.sa.sjɔ̃/
cassation is spelled C-A-S-S-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cassation is a French feminine noun meaning “cassation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte juridique par lequel on casse des jugements, des actes et des procédures”.
What does cassation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecassation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte juridique par lequel on casse des jugements, des actes et des procédures. 2. Décision par laquelle un arrêt ou un jugement en dernier ressort est annulé. 3. Rétrogradation d'un gradé ou d'un sous-officier au rang de soldat de seconde classe.
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 cassation
- cassations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cassation?
- /ka.sa.sjɔ̃/
- /kɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/
- \ka.sa.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 cassation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cassation in French?
cassation appears 8.5 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).