consternation
French, noun/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
consternation is spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consternation is a French feminine noun meaning “consternation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abattement profond à la suite de quelque accident inattendu”.
What does consternation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconsternation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abattement profond à la suite de quelque accident inattendu.
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 consternation
- consternations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consternation?
- /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃\
- [kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.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 consternation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consternation in French?
consternation appears 1.0 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).