consultation
French, noun/kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃/
consultation is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consultation is a French feminine noun meaning “consultation, consulting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conférence que l’on tient pour consulter sur quelque affaire ou sur une maladie”.
What does consultation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconsultation, consulting
- 2
femininesurvey, poll
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conférence que l’on tient pour consulter sur quelque affaire ou sur une maladie. 2. Sondage, vote ou référendum. 3. Avis verbal ou écrit que les avocats ou les médecins donnent touchant l’affaire, touchant la maladie sur laquelle on les consulte. 4. Lieu et heure auxquels un médecin reçoit les malades.
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 consultation
- consultations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consultation?
- /kɔ̃.syl.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.syl.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 consultation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consultation in French?
consultation appears 16 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).