gratification
French, noun/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
gratification is spelled G-R-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratification is a French feminine noun meaning “gratification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Don, libéralité qu’on fait à quelqu’un ; récompense surérogatoire”.
What does gratification mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegratification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Don, libéralité qu’on fait à quelqu’un ; récompense surérogatoire.
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 gratification
- gratifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gratification?
- /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɡʁa.ti.fi.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 gratification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gratification in French?
gratification 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).