cimentation
French, noun/si.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
cimentation is spelled C-I-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cimentation is a French feminine noun meaning “cementation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cimenter ; ou résultat de cette action”.
What does cimentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecementation
- 2
femininecementing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de cimenter ; ou résultat de cette action. 2. Enrobage de déchets radioactifs à l’aide d’une matrice de conditionnement en mortier de ciment. 3. Action par laquelle des éléments détritiques forment une roche compacte. 4. Affermissement, en parlant des liens humains ou sociaux.
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 cimentation
- cimentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cimentation?
- /si.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \si.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cimentation in French?
cimentation appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).