instillation
French, noun/ɛ̃s.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
instillation is spelled I-N-S-T-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instillation is a French feminine noun meaning “instillation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de faire couler goutte à goutte”.
What does instillation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinstillation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de faire couler goutte à goutte. 2. Mesure faisant pénétrer progressivement une idée, un sentiment, etc., dans l'esprit d'une personne ou d'une collectivité.
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 instillation
- instillations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instillation?
- /ɛ̃s.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃s.ti.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 instillation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instillation in French?
instillation appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).