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inobservation

French, noun/i.nɔp.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/

inobservation is spelled I-N-O-B-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inobservation is a French feminine noun meaning “nonobservation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manque d’obéissance aux lois, aux règlements, etc”.

What does inobservation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenonobservation

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Manque d’obéissance aux lois, aux règlements, etc. 2. Inexécution des promesses qu’on a faites, des engagements qu’on a contractés.

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 inobservation

  • inobservations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce inobservation?

  • /i.nɔp.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/
  • \i.nɔp.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is inobservation in French?

inobservation appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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