conservation
French, noun/kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/
conservation is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conservation is a French feminine noun meaning “conservation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de conserver ou résultat de cette action”.
What does conservation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconservation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de conserver ou résultat de cette action. 2. Qualité de ce qui est bien entier, bien conservé, en bon état.
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 conservation
- conservations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conservation?
- /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.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 conservation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conservation in French?
conservation appears 18 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).