himation
French, noun/i.ma.tjɔ̃/
himation is spelled H-I-M-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Himation is a French masculine noun meaning “himation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vêtement de la Grèce antique fait d’une étoffe rectangulaire de lin ou de laine plus légère que la toge. Il…”.
What does himation mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehimation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vêtement de la Grèce antique fait d’une étoffe rectangulaire de lin ou de laine plus légère que la toge. Il se portait tant par les femmes que les hommes, généralement par-dessus un chiton.
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 himation
- himations plural
- ^((h aspiré))\i.ma.tjɔ̃\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce himation?
- /i.ma.tjɔ̃/
- ^((h aspiré))\i.ma.tjɔ̃\
- \^((h aspiré))i.ma.tjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to himation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is himation in French?
himation appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).