évacuation
French, noun/e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃/
évacuation is spelled É-V-A-C-U-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évacuation is a French feminine noun meaning “evacuation (act of emptying)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’évacuer”.
What does évacuation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineevacuation (act of emptying)
- 2
femininea drain (for a sink, shower, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’évacuer. 2. Décharge, sortie d’humeurs, d’excréments, ou de matières viciées. 3. Matières évacuées. 4. Action d’évacuer un pays, une place de guerre, en conséquence d’un traité, d’une capitulation, etc.
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 évacuation
- évacuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évacuation?
- /e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃/
- \e.va.kɥa.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 évacuation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évacuation in French?
évacuation appears 9.5 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).