expiation
French, noun/ɛk.spja.sjɔ̃/
expiation is spelled E-X-P-I-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expiation is a French feminine noun meaning “expiation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’expier ou résultat de cette action”.
What does expiation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpiation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’expier ou résultat de cette action. 2. Certaines cérémonies que les Anciens faisaient pour expier un crime ou pour apaiser la colère du ciel, manifestée par les prodiges.
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 expiation
- expiations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expiation?
- /ɛk.spja.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.spja.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 expiation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expiation in French?
expiation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).