conformation
French, noun/kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
conformation is spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conformation is a French feminine noun meaning “conformation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière dont une chose est conformée”.
What does conformation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconformation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière dont une chose est conformée. 2. Disposition des parties d'un corps, d'un organisme. 3. Disposition spatiale des atomes ou des groupes d'atomes d'une entité moléculaire s'appliquant à des structures stéréo-isomères qui peuvent être interconverties par des rotations autour de liaisons simples.
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 conformation
- conformations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conformation?
- /kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fɔʁ.ma.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 conformation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conformation in French?
conformation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).