dégénération
French, noun/de.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
dégénération is spelled D-É-G-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dégénération is a French feminine noun meaning “degeneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de ce qui dégénère”.
What does dégénération mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedegeneration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de ce qui dégénère.
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 dégénération
- dégénérations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dégénération?
- /de.ʒe.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \de.ʒe.ne.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 dégénération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dégénération in French?
dégénération 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).