exécration
French, noun/ɛɡ.ze.kʁa.sjɔ̃/
exécration is spelled E-X-É-C-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exécration is a French feminine noun meaning “execration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment d’horreur extrême qu’on a pour quelqu’un ou pour quelque chose”.
What does exécration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexecration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment d’horreur extrême qu’on a pour quelqu’un ou pour quelque chose. 2. La personne ou la chose qui est en exécration, qui est digne d’exécration. 3. Suppression du caractère sacré d’une chose matérielle, d’un lieu.
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 exécration
- exécrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exécration?
- /ɛɡ.ze.kʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛɡ.ze.kʁa.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 exécration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exécration in French?
exécration appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).