couvaison
French, noun/ku.vɛ.zɔ̃/
couvaison is spelled C-O-U-V-A-I-S-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couvaison is a French feminine noun meaning “incubation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de couver”.
What does couvaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerareincubation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de couver. 2. Temps de la gestation.
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 couvaison
- couvaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couvaison?
- /ku.vɛ.zɔ̃/
- /ku.ve.zɔ̃/
- \ku.vɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is couvaison in French?
couvaison appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).