certification
French, noun/sɛʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
certification is spelled C-E-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Certification is a French feminine noun meaning “certification (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de certifier par écrit”.
What does certification mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecertification (all meanings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de certifier par écrit. 2. Procédure qui permet de certifier la qualité des produits et des services ou d'enregistrer des systèmes de management chez un certificateur. 3. Relatif à un droit payé pour obtenir un certificat.
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 certification
- certifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce certification?
- /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \sɛʁ.ti.fi.ka.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 certification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is certification in French?
certification appears 4.5 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).