humiliation
French, noun/y.mi.lja.sjɔ̃/
humiliation is spelled H-U-M-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humiliation is a French feminine noun meaning “a humiliation, active or passive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’humilier, de s’humilier ou résultat de cette action”.
What does humiliation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea humiliation, active or passive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’humilier, de s’humilier ou résultat de cette action. 2. Choses qui humilient. 3. Sentiment de dévalorisation et d’indignité né d’une action humiliante dont on se trouve victime. 4. Pratique judiciaire qui consistait à infliger une peine publique à une personne en punition de son crime ou de sa faute, sous forme physique ou verbale.
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 humiliation
- humiliations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce humiliation?
- /y.mi.lja.sjɔ̃/
- \y.mi.lja.sjɔ̃\
- [y.mi.lja.ɬ͡sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to humiliation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is humiliation in French?
humiliation appears 5.2 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).