collimation
French, noun/kɔ.li.ma.sjɔ̃/
collimation is spelled C-O-L-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Collimation is a French feminine noun meaning “collimation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Orientation d’un appareil optique vers un point précis”.
What does collimation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecollimation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Orientation d’un appareil optique vers un point précis.
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 collimation
- collimations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce collimation?
- /kɔ.li.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.li.ma.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is collimation in French?
collimation appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).