fluctuation
French, noun/flyk.tɥa.sjɔ̃/
fluctuation is spelled F-L-U-C-T-U-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fluctuation is a French feminine noun meaning “fluctuation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variation, défaut de fixité, de permanence”.
What does fluctuation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefluctuation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variation, défaut de fixité, de permanence. 2. Mouvement ondulatoire que l’on communique à un liquide contenu dans une cavité en percutant la paroi avec une main tandis que l’autre perçoit ce mouvement.
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 fluctuation
- fluctuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fluctuation?
- /flyk.tɥa.sjɔ̃/
- \flyk.tɥa.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 fluctuation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fluctuation in French?
fluctuation appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).