incantation
French, noun/ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
incantation is spelled I-N-C-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incantation is a French feminine noun meaning “incantation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de faire des enchantements, par des paroles, pour opérer un charme, un sortilège”.
What does incantation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincantation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de faire des enchantements, par des paroles, pour opérer un charme, un sortilège. 2. Vaines paroles pour tenter de conjurer un malheur.
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 incantation
- incantations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incantation?
- /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.kɑ̃.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 incantation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incantation in French?
incantation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).