désillusion
French, noun/de.zi.ly.zjɔ̃/
désillusion is spelled D-É-S-I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désillusion is a French feminine noun meaning “disillusion, disenchantment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perte d’une illusion”.
What does désillusion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisillusion, disenchantment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perte d’une illusion.
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 désillusion
- désillusions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désillusion?
- /de.zi.ly.zjɔ̃/
- \de.zi.ly.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 désillusion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désillusion in French?
désillusion appears 1.4 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).