citation
French, noun/si.ta.sjɔ̃/
citation is spelled C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,842nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Citation is a French feminine noun meaning “citation, quotation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte notifié à la partie qu’on veut obliger à comparaître devant un juge ou devant un tribunal”.
What does citation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecitation, quotation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte notifié à la partie qu’on veut obliger à comparaître devant un juge ou devant un tribunal. 2. Action de rapporter avec exactitude, oralement ou par écrit, les propos ou textes d'une personne. 3. Passage écrit ou oral rapporté exactement. 4. Mention honorifique accordée à un soldat pour faits d'armes.
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 citation
- citations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce citation?
- /si.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \si.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [si.ta.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 citation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is citation in French?
citation appears 15 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).