intercalation
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.la.sjɔ̃/
intercalation is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercalation is a French feminine noun meaning “intercalation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’intercaler ou résultat de cette action”.
What does intercalation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintercalation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’intercaler ou résultat de cette action. 2. Addition d’un jour dans le mois de février, aux années bissextiles.
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 intercalation
- intercalations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercalation?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.la.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.la.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ka.la.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is intercalation in French?
intercalation appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).