imitation
French, noun/i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/
imitation is spelled I-M-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imitation is a French feminine noun meaning “imitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’imiter ou résultat de cette action”.
What does imitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimitation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’imiter ou résultat de cette action. 2. Ouvrage où l’on s’est proposé d’en imiter d’autres. 3. Ouvrage d’orfèvrerie et de bijouterie où l’on imite, mais sans intention de fraude, l’or, l’argent, les pierres précieuses, l’écaille, l’ivoire, etc. 4. Composition où un thème ou motif est répété avec différentes variations. Elle est notamment utilisée dans le contrepoint.
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 imitation
- imitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imitation?
- /i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \i.mi.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 imitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imitation in French?
imitation 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).