dévastation
French, noun/de.vas.ta.sjɔ̃/
dévastation is spelled D-É-V-A-S-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dévastation is a French feminine noun meaning “devastation, destruction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dévaster ou résultat de cette action”.
What does dévastation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedevastation, destruction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dévaster ou résultat de cette action.
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 dévastation
- dévastations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dévastation?
- /de.vas.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \de.vas.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 dévastation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dévastation in French?
dévastation 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).