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déportation

French, noun/de.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/

déportation is spelled D-É-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déportation is a French feminine noun meaning “deportation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peine afflictive et infamante qui consiste en une résidence forcée sur un point déterminé en dehors du…”.

What does déportation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedeportation

  2. 2

    feminineinternment (in a concentration camp)

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Peine afflictive et infamante qui consiste en une résidence forcée sur un point déterminé en dehors du territoire continental. 2. Action de déporter un peuple contre ses droits naturels. 3. Action, par les nazis durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de déplacer et d'enfermer dans les camps de concentration et d’extermination.

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 déportation

  • déportations plural

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

How do you pronounce déportation?

  • /de.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/
  • \de.pɔʁ.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 déportation

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is déportation in French?

déportation appears 2.7 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).

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