dilatation
French, noun/di.la.ta.sjɔ̃/
dilatation is spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilatation is a French feminine noun meaning “dilation; act or instance of dilating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dilater ou de se dilater”.
What does dilatation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedilation; act or instance of dilating
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dilater ou de se dilater. 2. État de ce qui est dilaté, de ce qui s’est dilaté. 3. Élargissement. 4. Développement, hypertrophie.
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 dilatation
- dilatations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilatation?
- /di.la.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \di.la.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 dilatation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dilatation in French?
dilatation appears 1.4 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).