graduation
French, noun/ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃/
graduation is spelled G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Graduation is a French feminine noun meaning “graduation (marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de graduer un objet, en plaçant des repères régulièrement espacés, dans le but d'effectuer des mesures”.
What does graduation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegraduation (marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement, usually one of many such markings that are each separated by a constant interval)
- 2
femininethe process of creating such markings
- 3
feminineencoding of a sound or image producing a digital signal of which one may use a greater or lesser part corresponding to better or worse quality
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de graduer un objet, en plaçant des repères régulièrement espacés, dans le but d'effectuer des mesures. 2. Ensemble ou chacun des repères marqués sur l'objet gradué. 3. Codage de son ou d'image produisant un signal numérique dont on peut utiliser une partie plus ou moins grande correspondant à une qualité plus ou moins bonne.
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 graduation
- graduations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce graduation?
- /ɡʁa.dɥa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɡʁa.dɥa.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 graduation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is graduation in French?
graduation 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).