diminution
French, noun/di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃/
diminution is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diminution is a French feminine noun meaning “diminution, abatement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre”.
What does diminution mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminution, abatement
- 2
femininedivision (instrumental variation of a melody conceived as the dividing a succession of long notes into several short ones).
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de diminuer, fait de devenir moindre. 2. Réduction des prix, rabais, remise, ristourne, abattement. 3. Rétrécissement. 4. Réduction du temps ou de la valeur d'une note.
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 diminution
- diminutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diminution?
- /di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃/
- \di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃\
- [di.mi.ny.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 diminution
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diminution in French?
diminution appears 15 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).