indentation
French, noun/ɛ̃.dɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
indentation is spelled I-N-D-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indentation is a French feminine noun meaning “indentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise en retrait de la première ligne d’un paragraphe pour le rendre plus lisible”.
What does indentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindentation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mise en retrait de la première ligne d’un paragraphe pour le rendre plus lisible. 2. Retrait des lignes d’un bloc, pour les distinguer de celles qui ne font pas partie du bloc 3. Avancée de la mer dans les terres. 4. Échancrure ayant l’aspect d'une morsure produite par une dent.
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 indentation
- indentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indentation?
- /ɛ̃.dɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.dɑ̃.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 indentation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indentation in French?
indentation appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).