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interprétation

French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/

interprétation is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-R-É-T-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interprétation is a French feminine noun meaning “interpretation, rendition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’interpréter ou résultat de cette action”.

What does interprétation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinterpretation, rendition

  2. 2

    feminineinterpretation, interpreting

    interprétation consécutive

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action d’interpréter ou résultat de cette action. 2. Façon dont les acteurs traduisent une pièce ou un rôle. 3. Façon de jouer ou de chanter une œuvre musicale.

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 interprétation

  • interprétations plural

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

How do you pronounce interprétation?

  • /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.sjɔ̃/
  • \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pʁe.ta.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 interprétation

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is interprétation in French?

interprétation appears 28 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).

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