expiration
French, noun/ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
expiration is spelled E-X-P-I-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expiration is a French feminine noun meaning “expiration (act of expiring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exhalation, action d’expirer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does expiration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpiration (act of expiring)
- 2
feminineexpiration (act of breathing out)
- 3
feminineexpiration (end)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exhalation, action d’expirer ou résultat de cette action. 2. Action par laquelle les végétaux éliminent et restituent à l’air certains éléments en échange des éléments gazeux qu’ils lui ont empruntés. 3. Échéance d’un terme. 4. Fin d’une certaine période de temps.
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 expiration
- expirations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expiration?
- /ɛk.spi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.spi.ʁa.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 expiration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expiration in French?
expiration appears 3.7 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).