licitation
French, noun/li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/
licitation is spelled L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licitation is a French feminine noun meaning “auction, licitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vente, au plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur, d’une maison, d’un héritage qui appartient en commun à…”.
What does licitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauction, licitation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vente, au plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur, d’une maison, d’un héritage qui appartient en commun à plusieurs cohéritiers ou copropriétaires.
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 licitation
- licitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce licitation?
- /li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is licitation in French?
licitation appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).