fornication
French, noun/fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
fornication is spelled F-O-R-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fornication is a French feminine noun meaning “fornication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Péché de la chair, relation sexuelle non approuvée par l'Église”.
What does fornication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefornication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Péché de la chair, relation sexuelle non approuvée par l'Église. 2. Fait de s’abandonner à l’idolâtrie. 3. Relations sexuelles entre deux personnes libres, non mariées. 4. Rapports sexuels en général.
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 fornication
- fornications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fornication?
- /fɔʁ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \fɔʁ.ni.ka.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 fornication
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fornication in French?
fornication 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).