inoculation
French, noun/i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
inoculation is spelled I-N-O-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inoculation is a French feminine noun meaning “inoculation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Introduction dans l’organisme d’une substance contenant les germes vivants d’une maladie. Elle peut être…”.
What does inoculation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinoculation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Introduction dans l’organisme d’une substance contenant les germes vivants d’une maladie. Elle peut être accidentelle ou faite dans un but thérapeutique.
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 inoculation
- inoculations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inoculation?
- /i.nɔ.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
- \i.nɔ.ky.la.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 inoculation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inoculation in French?
inoculation 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).