inhumation
French, noun/i.ny.ma.sjɔ̃/
inhumation is spelled I-N-H-U-M-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inhumation is a French feminine noun meaning “inhumation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’inhumer”.
What does inhumation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinhumation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’inhumer.
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 inhumation
- inhumations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inhumation?
- /i.ny.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ny.ma.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 inhumation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inhumation in French?
inhumation appears 1.2 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).