criminalisation
French, noun/kʁi.mi.na.li.za.sjɔ̃/
criminalisation is spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criminalisation is a French feminine noun meaning “criminalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de criminaliser”.
What does criminalisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecriminalization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de criminaliser.
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 criminalisation
- criminalisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criminalisation?
- /kʁi.mi.na.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \kʁi.mi.na.li.za.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 criminalisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criminalisation in French?
criminalisation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).