confiscation
French, noun/kɔ̃.fis.ka.sjɔ̃/
confiscation is spelled C-O-N-F-I-S-C-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confiscation is a French feminine noun meaning “confiscation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de confisquer”.
What does confiscation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfiscation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de confisquer. 2. Décision accessoire à une condamnation judiciaire, ou d'une décision de sanction financière, où l'État peut confisquer des biens.
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 confiscation
- confiscations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confiscation?
- /kɔ̃.fis.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fis.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 confiscation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confiscation in French?
confiscation appears 1.7 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).