indignation
French, noun/ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃/
indignation is spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indignation is a French feminine noun meaning “Indignation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sentiment de colère qui peut être mêlé de mépris qu’excite une injustice criante, une action mauvaise ou…”.
What does indignation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineIndignation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sentiment de colère qui peut être mêlé de mépris qu’excite une injustice criante, une action mauvaise ou honteuse, un ouvrage, etc.
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 indignation
- indignations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indignation?
- /ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.di.ɲa.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 indignation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indignation in French?
indignation appears 6.3 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).