circulation
French, noun/siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
circulation is spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circulation is a French feminine noun meaning “circulation (act of moving in a circular shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement circulaire, en se référant aux planètes”.
What does circulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecirculation (act of moving in a circular shape)
- 2
femininecirculation (of blood)
- 3
femininetraffic
- 4
femininedistribution, circulation (of a newspaper/magazine)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement circulaire, en se référant aux planètes. 2. Mouvement du sang qui part du cœur vers toutes les parties du corps au moyen des vaisseaux et revient vers le cœur après s’être oxygéné au niveau des poumons. 3. Mouvement de la sève dans les plantes. 4. Mouvement des fluides (eau, gaz, etc.) et, par extension également, les conduites dans lesquelles ils circulent.
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 circulation
- circulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circulation?
- /siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
- \siʁ.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
- [siʁ.ky.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 circulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circulation in French?
circulation appears 36 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).