manipulation
French, noun/ma.ni.py.la.sjɔ̃/
manipulation is spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manipulation is a French feminine noun meaning “manipulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de manipuler”.
What does manipulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de manipuler. 2. Exercice scolaire où les étudiants manipulent. 3. Action de manipuler psychiquement, de rendre quelqu’un le jouet de ses intrigues. 4. Action de diriger secrètement.
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 manipulation
- manipulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manipulation?
- /ma.ni.py.la.sjɔ̃/
- \ma.ni.py.la.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 manipulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manipulation in French?
manipulation appears 9.8 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).