conflagration
French, noun/kɔ̃.fla.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃/
conflagration is spelled C-O-N-F-L-A-G-R-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conflagration is a French feminine noun meaning “conflagration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Embrasement général”.
What does conflagration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconflagration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Embrasement général. 2. Grande révolution qui remue tous les esprits. 3. Déclenchement d’un conflit armé.
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 conflagration
- conflagrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conflagration?
- /kɔ̃.fla.ɡʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fla.ɡʁa.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 conflagration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conflagration in French?
conflagration appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).