connotation
French, noun/kɔ.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
connotation is spelled C-O-N-N-O-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Connotation is a French feminine noun meaning “connotation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sens particulier qui vient s’ajouter au sens ordinaire, en fonction du contexte”.
What does connotation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconnotation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sens particulier qui vient s’ajouter au sens ordinaire, en fonction du contexte. 2. Signification seconde qui s’ajoute au sens conceptuel, ou dénotatif, d’un mot. 3. Image, représentation qu’évoque un mot, une idée.
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 connotation
- connotations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce connotation?
- /kɔ.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ko.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [ko.nɔ.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 connotation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is connotation in French?
connotation appears 2.2 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).