décoration
French, noun/de.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
décoration is spelled D-É-C-O-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,851st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décoration is a French feminine noun meaning “decoration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de décorer”.
What does décoration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecoration
- 2
femininedecoration (honor, medal)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de décorer. 2. Ce qui sert à décorer, comme les ornements d’architecture, de peinture et de sculpture. 3. Décor. 4. Nomination dans un ordre honorifique ou insignes de cet ordre.
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 décoration
- décorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décoration?
- /de.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \de.kɔ.ʁa.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 décoration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décoration in French?
décoration appears 12 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).