dénotation
French, noun/de.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
dénotation is spelled D-É-N-O-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dénotation is a French feminine noun meaning “denotation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dénoter”.
What does dénotation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedenotation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dénoter. 2. Ce à quoi le signe (le mot, l'expression) fait référence et que l'on peut trouver dans le dictionnaire.
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 dénotation
- dénotations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dénotation?
- /de.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \de.nɔ.ta.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 dénotation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dénotation in French?
dénotation appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).