émanation
French, noun/e.ma.na.sjɔ̃/
émanation is spelled É-M-A-N-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émanation is a French feminine noun meaning “emanation, emission” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dégagement spontané des corps volatils contenus dans certaines substances”.
What does émanation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemanation, emission
Face à la trop forte émanation de gaz à effet de serre dans l'atmosphère, le nucléaire apparaît de plus en plus comme une réponse, devenant ainsi l'énergie "propre" de demain.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dégagement spontané des corps volatils contenus dans certaines substances. 2. Résultat de ce dégagement. 3. Conséquence de quelque chose ; chose qui procède d’une autre. 4. Ancien nom du radon
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 émanation
- émanations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émanation?
- /e.ma.na.sjɔ̃/
- \e.ma.na.sjɔ̃\
- [emanasjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to émanation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émanation in French?
émanation appears 1.0 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).