déviation
French, noun/de.vja.sjɔ̃/
déviation is spelled D-É-V-I-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déviation is a French feminine noun meaning “diversion; different route to travel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dévier ou résultat de cette action”.
What does déviation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediversion; different route to travel
- 2
femininedeflection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dévier ou résultat de cette action. 2. tactique qui force une pièce adverse à quitter son rôle de défenseur. 3. Comportement considéré comme anormal, voire amoral ; déviance. 4. Route construite pour éviter le passage des véhicules dans certaines villes ou certains villages.
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 déviation
- déviations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déviation?
- /de.vja.sjɔ̃/
- \de.vja.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 déviation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déviation in French?
déviation appears 2.3 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).