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éducation

French, noun/e.dy.ka.sjɔ̃/

éducation is spelled É-D-U-C-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written French, the 941st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éducation is a French feminine noun meaning “education (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’élever, de former un enfant, de développer ses facultés intellectuelles et morales ; résultat de…”.

What does éducation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineeducation (all meanings)

  2. 2

    feminineupbringing

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action d’élever, de former un enfant, de développer ses facultés intellectuelles et morales ; résultat de cette action. 2. Cette activité dans le cadre structuré d'un système scolaire. 3. Élévation morale, intellectuelle des hommes de tout âge ou d’une collectivité. 4. Développement donné méthodiquement à une faculté déterminée.

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 éducation

  • éducations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce éducation?

  • /e.dy.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • \e.dy.ka.sjɔ̃\
  • [l‿e.dy.ka.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 éducation

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is éducation in French?

éducation appears 89 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).

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