hésitation
French, noun/e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃/
hésitation is spelled H-É-S-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hésitation is a French feminine noun meaning “hesitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d'hésiter, doute, indécision qu’une personne manifeste par ses mouvements, par sa conduite, etc”.
What does hésitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehesitation
C'est sans la moindre hésitation qu'elle a fait sa réponse.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d'hésiter, doute, indécision qu’une personne manifeste par ses mouvements, par sa conduite, etc. 2. Incertitude dans l’énonciation.
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 hésitation
- hésitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hésitation?
- /e.zi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \e.zi.ta.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 hésitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hésitation in French?
hésitation appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).