initiation
French, noun/i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/
initiation is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initiation is a French feminine noun meaning “initiation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Admission à la connaissance de certaines choses secrètes”.
What does initiation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitiation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Admission à la connaissance de certaines choses secrètes. 2. Cérémonie par laquelle on était initié à la connaissance et à la participation de certains mystères chez les païens et qui se pratique encore dans les sociétés secrètes. 3. Connaissance préliminaire d’une science, d’une profession, d’un art. 4. Phénomène par lequel une enzyme permet le déclenchement d’une réaction chimique.
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 initiation
- initiations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce initiation?
- /i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ni.sja.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 initiation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initiation in French?
initiation appears 4.9 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).