démolition
French, noun/de.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/
démolition is spelled D-É-M-O-L-I-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démolition is a French feminine noun meaning “demolition (the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de démolir, de détruire”.
What does démolition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedemolition (the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de démolir, de détruire. 2. Matériaux qui restent de ce qu’on démolit. 3. Destruction physique ou morale d’une personne. 4. Destruction méthodique d’arguments, d’un raisonnement etc.
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 démolition
- démolitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démolition?
- /de.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/
- \de.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃\
- [de.mɔ.li.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 démolition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démolition in French?
démolition appears 4.6 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).