importation
French, noun/ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/
importation is spelled I-M-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Importation is a French feminine noun meaning “importation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’importer”.
What does importation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimportation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’importer. 2. Marchandises importées. 3. Transport d’un pays dans un autre.
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 importation
- importations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce importation?
- /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pɔʁ.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 importation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is importation in French?
importation appears 5.8 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).