édulcoration
French, noun/e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
édulcoration is a French feminine noun meaning “sweetening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Addition d’une certaine quantité de sucre, de miel ou de sirop à une substance pour en adoucir ou masquer la…”.
What does édulcoration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesweetening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Addition d’une certaine quantité de sucre, de miel ou de sirop à une substance pour en adoucir ou masquer la saveur, ou pour rendre agréable une substance insipide. 2. Atténuation, adoucissement.
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 édulcoration
- édulcorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce édulcoration?
- /e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \e.dyl.kɔ.ʁa.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 édulcoration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is édulcoration in French?
édulcoration appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).