divination
French, noun/di.vi.na.sjɔ̃/
divination is spelled D-I-V-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,160th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divination is a French feminine noun meaning “divination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de deviner, de prédire l’avenir”.
What does divination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedivination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de deviner, de prédire l’avenir. 2. Ensemble des moyens employés pour deviner et prédire. 3. Dans la recherche, sagacité permettant de retrouver des choses cachées pour lesquelles la logique seule ne suffit pas ; intuition.
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 divination
- divinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divination?
- /di.vi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \di.vi.na.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 divination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divination in French?
divination appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).