confrontation
French, noun/kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
confrontation is spelled C-O-N-F-R-O-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confrontation is a French feminine noun meaning “confrontation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de confronter des personnes ou des choses”.
What does confrontation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconfrontation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de confronter des personnes ou des choses.
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 confrontation
- confrontations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confrontation?
- /kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.fʁɔ̃.ta.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 confrontation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confrontation in French?
confrontation appears 7.6 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).