dérision
French, noun/de.ʁi.zjɔ̃/
dérision is spelled D-É-R-I-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dérision is a French feminine noun meaning “derision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Moquerie souvent accompagnée de mépris”.
What does dérision mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininederision
tourner en dérision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moquerie souvent accompagnée de mépris.
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 dérision
- dérisions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dérision?
- /de.ʁi.zjɔ̃/
- \de.ʁi.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dérision
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dérision in French?
dérision 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).