circonvallation
French, noun/siʁ.kɔ̃.va.la.sjɔ̃/
circonvallation is spelled C-I-R-C-O-N-V-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circonvallation is a French feminine noun meaning “circumvallation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tranchée à parapet, à redoutes, à place d’armes, etc., que des assiégeants font autour de leur position pour…”.
What does circonvallation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecircumvallation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tranchée à parapet, à redoutes, à place d’armes, etc., que des assiégeants font autour de leur position pour se garantir des attaques du dehors et pour empêcher qu’il n’entre du secours dans la place assiégée.
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 circonvallation
- circonvallations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circonvallation?
- /siʁ.kɔ̃.va.la.sjɔ̃/
- \siʁ.kɔ̃.va.la.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 circonvallation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circonvallation in French?
circonvallation appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).