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déclassification

French, noun/de.kla.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

déclassification is spelled D-É-C-L-A-S-S-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déclassification is a French feminine noun meaning “declassification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Levée du secret protégeant une information classée secret défense”.

What does déclassification mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedeclassification

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Levée du secret protégeant une information classée secret défense.

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 déclassification

  • déclassifications plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce déclassification?

  • /de.kla.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • /de.klɑ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • \de.kla.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is déclassification in French?

déclassification appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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