fixation
French, noun/fik.sa.sjɔ̃/
fixation is spelled F-I-X-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fixation is a French feminine noun meaning “fixation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de fixer”.
What does fixation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefixation
Tu ferais bien de vérifier les fixations avant de partir.
- 2
feminineinformalfixation, obsession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de fixer. 2. Fixage, action de fixer sur le support. 3. Le fait d'avoir en tête une idée fixe. 4. Action de déterminer, de régler définitivement.
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 fixation
- fixations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fixation?
- /fik.sa.sjɔ̃/
- \fik.sa.sjɔ̃\
- [fik.sa.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 fixation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fixation in French?
fixation appears 7.1 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).