détestation
French, noun/de.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/
détestation is spelled D-É-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détestation is a French feminine noun meaning “detestation, abhorrence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Horreur qu’on a de quelque chose”.
What does détestation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedetestation, abhorrence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Horreur qu’on a de quelque chose.
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 détestation
- détestations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détestation?
- /de.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \de.tɛs.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 détestation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détestation in French?
détestation appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).