dissertation
French, noun/di.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/
dissertation is spelled D-I-S-S-E-R-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissertation is a French feminine noun meaning “dissertation, essay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Développement le plus souvent écrit dans lequel on examine en détail une matière, une question, un ouvrage de…”.
What does dissertation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedissertation, essay
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Développement le plus souvent écrit dans lequel on examine en détail une matière, une question, un ouvrage de l’esprit. 2. Composition que fait un élève au lycée.
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 dissertation
- dissertations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissertation?
- /di.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \di.sɛʁ.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 dissertation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissertation in French?
dissertation 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).