improvisation
French, noun/ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sjɔ̃/
improvisation is spelled I-M-P-R-O-V-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improvisation is a French feminine noun meaning “improvisation (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’improviser des vers, un discours, de la musique”.
What does improvisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimprovisation (all meanings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’improviser des vers, un discours, de la musique. 2. Vers, du discours, de la musique qu’on improvise. 3. Action d'agir sans préparation préalable, sans réflexion de fond, sans ressource pour bien le faire.
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 improvisation
- improvisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improvisation?
- /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.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 improvisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improvisation in French?
improvisation appears 3.2 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).