flagellation
French, noun/fla.ʒɛ.la.sjɔ̃/
flagellation is spelled F-L-A-G-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flagellation is a French feminine noun meaning “flagellation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de flageller ou de se flageller”.
What does flagellation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineflagellation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de flageller ou de se flageller. 2. Action de frapper à la façon d'un fouet. 3. Peine afflictive, supplice. 4. Remède par fustigation, pour retrouver l'excitation sexuelle.
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 flagellation
- flagellations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flagellation?
- /fla.ʒɛ.la.sjɔ̃/
- /fla.ʒe.la.sjɔ̃/
- \fla.ʒɛl.la.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 flagellation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flagellation in French?
flagellation 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).