dormition
French, noun/dɔʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/
dormition is spelled D-O-R-M-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dormition is a French feminine noun meaning “dormition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dormir, sommeil”.
What does dormition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedormition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dormir, sommeil. 2. (Normalement avec une majuscule initiale) Nom donné à la mort de la Vierge, cette mort étant considérée comme un court sommeil, puisque suivie de l’assomption. 3. Endormissement. 4. Mort de la Sainte Vierge, des pieux fidèles et des saints, à l’exception de ceux décédés de manière violente.
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 dormition
- dormitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dormition?
- /dɔʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/
- \dɔʁ.mi.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 dormition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dormition in French?
dormition appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).