complication
French, noun/kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
complication is spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complication is a French feminine noun meaning “complication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage, concours d’éléments, de circonstances ou d’incidents multiples susceptibles de créer des…”.
What does complication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomplication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblage, concours d’éléments, de circonstances ou d’incidents multiples susceptibles de créer des embarras, ou d’augmenter la difficulté ou le danger. 2. Propension à considérer les événements, les êtres ou les choses, plus complexes qu’ils le sont. 3. Fonctions supplémentaires ajoutées au mécanisme de base comme par exemple le tourbillon ou le quantième perpétuel. 4. Montre ou garde-temps comportant une ou plusieurs complications.
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 complication
- complications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complication?
- /kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.pli.ka.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 complication
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complication in French?
complication appears 1.5 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).