élimination
French, noun/e.li.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
élimination is spelled É-L-I-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élimination is a French feminine noun meaning “elimination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’éliminer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does élimination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelimination
procéder par élimination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’éliminer ou résultat de cette action. 2. Opération qui consiste à combiner ensemble, par addition, soustraction ou division, plusieurs équations renfermant plusieurs inconnues, de manière à en déduire une équation résultante qui ne renferme qu’une inconnue. 3. Abréviation de course à l’élimination.
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 élimination
- éliminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élimination?
- /e.li.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \e.li.mi.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 élimination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élimination in French?
élimination appears 10 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).