circumnavigation
French, noun/siʁ.kɔm.na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
circumnavigation is spelled C-I-R-C-U-M-N-A-V-I-G-A-T-I-O-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circumnavigation is a French feminine noun meaning “circumnavigation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Navigation autour d’un continent, d’une péninsule”.
What does circumnavigation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecircumnavigation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Navigation autour d’un continent, d’une péninsule. 2. Action de faire, en naviguant, le tour du globe terrestre. 3. Action de faire le tour d’une péninsule, d’un continent, ou de monde à pied ou par un moyen de transport.
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 circumnavigation
- circumnavigations plural
- circonnavigation rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circumnavigation?
- /siʁ.kɔm.na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- \siʁ.kɔm.na.vi.ɡa.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 circumnavigation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circumnavigation in French?
circumnavigation appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).