illumination
French, noun/i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
illumination is spelled I-L-L-U-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illumination is a French feminine noun meaning “enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’illuminer ou état de ce qui est illuminé”.
What does illumination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
- 2
feminineillumination, lighting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’illuminer ou état de ce qui est illuminé. 2. Grande quantité de lumières disposées avec symétrie, à l’occasion d’une réjouissance. 3. Lumière extraordinaire que Dieu répand quelquefois dans l’âme. 4. Les clartés vives qui se produisent subitement dans certains esprits au milieu des difficultés, des dangers.
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 illumination
- illuminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce illumination?
- /i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ly.mi.na.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 illumination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illumination in French?
illumination appears 1.5 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).