diffamation
French, noun/di.fa.ma.sjɔ̃/
diffamation is spelled D-I-F-F-A-M-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diffamation is a French feminine noun meaning “defamation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de diffamer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does diffamation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefamation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de diffamer ou résultat de cette action. 2. En droit, l’allégation ou l'imputation d’un fait qui porte atteinte à l’honneur ou à la considération de la personne à laquelle le fait est imputé.
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 diffamation
- diffamations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diffamation?
- /di.fa.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \di.fa.ma.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 diffamation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diffamation in French?
diffamation appears 4.2 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).