fulmination
French, noun/fyl.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
fulmination is spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fulmination is a French feminine noun meaning “fulmination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détonation subite, explosion d’une matière fulminante”.
What does fulmination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefulmination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Détonation subite, explosion d’une matière fulminante. 2. Action de lancer une condamnation, ou une dispense.
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 fulmination
- fulminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fulmination?
- /fyl.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \fyl.mi.na.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 fulmination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fulmination in French?
fulmination appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).