irisation
French, noun/i.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
irisation is spelled I-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irisation is a French feminine noun meaning “iridescence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Production des couleurs de l’iris à la surface de certains minéraux ou métaux”.
What does irisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineiridescence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Production des couleurs de l’iris à la surface de certains minéraux ou métaux. 2. couleurs de l’irisation de minéraux ou métaux.
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 irisation
- irisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irisation?
- /i.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is irisation in French?
irisation appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).