cation
French, noun/ka.tjɔ̃/
cation is spelled C-A-T-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cation is a French masculine noun meaning “cation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ion portant une charge électrique positive”.
What does cation mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ion portant une charge électrique positive.
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 cation
- cations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cation?
- /ka.tjɔ̃/
- \ka.tjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cation in French?
cation appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).