détonation
French, noun/de.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/
détonation is spelled D-É-T-O-N-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Détonation is a French feminine noun meaning “detonation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Explosion violente et subite accompagnée de bruit, telle que celle de la poudre à canon”.
What does détonation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedetonation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Explosion violente et subite accompagnée de bruit, telle que celle de la poudre à canon.
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 détonation
- détonations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce détonation?
- /de.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/
- \de.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃\
- [de.tɔ.na.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 détonation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is détonation in French?
détonation appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).