initialisation
French, noun/i.ni.sja.li.za.sjɔ̃/
initialisation is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initialisation is a French feminine noun meaning “initialization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’initialiser”.
What does initialisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitialization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’initialiser. 2. Première partie d'une démonstration par récurrence.
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 initialisation
- initialisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce initialisation?
- /i.ni.sja.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ni.sja.li.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 initialisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initialisation in French?
initialisation appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).