dérogation
French, noun/de.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
dérogation is spelled D-É-R-O-G-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dérogation is a French feminine noun meaning “dispensation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de déroger à une loi, à un acte quelconque de l’autorité publique, à un traité, à un usage, à des…”.
What does dérogation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedispensation
- 2
femininederogation, exemption
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de déroger à une loi, à un acte quelconque de l’autorité publique, à un traité, à un usage, à des droits, etc., ou résultat de cette action. 2. Suppression ou modification d’une loi par le parlement.
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 dérogation
- dérogations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dérogation?
- /de.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- \de.ʁɔ.ɡa.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 dérogation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dérogation in French?
dérogation appears 3.0 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).