cogitation
French, noun/kɔ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
cogitation is spelled C-O-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 150,781st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cogitation is a French feminine noun meaning “cogitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fixation de la pensée sur un objet”.
What does cogitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecogitation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fixation de la pensée sur un objet. 2. Réflexion intense et laborieuse.
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 cogitation
- cogitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cogitation?
- /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.ʒi.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 cogitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cogitation in French?
cogitation appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).