invocation
French, noun/ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/
invocation is spelled I-N-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invocation is a French feminine noun meaning “invocation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’invoquer”.
What does invocation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvocation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’invoquer. 2. Prière que le poète adresse à une muse, à un génie, à une divinité, pour lui demander son secours. 3. Action d'invoquer une fonction : appel.
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 invocation
- invocations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce invocation?
- /ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.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 invocation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invocation in French?
invocation appears 1.5 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).