exploration
French, noun/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
exploration is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exploration is a French feminine noun meaning “exploration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’explorer”.
What does exploration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexploration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’explorer. 2. Examen des parties intérieures du corps, malades ou suspectes, à l’aide d’instruments ou de procédés spéciaux.
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 exploration
- explorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exploration?
- /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.splɔ.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 exploration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exploration in French?
exploration appears 11 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).