libration
French, noun\li.bʁa.sjɔ̃\
libration is spelled L-I-B-R-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libration is a French feminine noun meaning “libration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Balancement d’un astre autour de son axe”.
What does libration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelibration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Balancement d’un astre autour de son axe. 2. Balancement régulier, tel que celui d’un pendule.
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 libration
- librations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libration?
- \li.bʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is libration in French?
libration appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).