modernisation
French, noun/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
modernisation is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modernisation is a French feminine noun meaning “modernisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de moderniser”.
What does modernisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemodernisation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de moderniser. 2. Remplacement d’éléments d’une installation industrielle par des éléments plus modernes, qui vise à améliorer les performances de cette installation sans en modifier la conception de base.
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 modernisation
- modernisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modernisation?
- /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
- \mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.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 modernisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modernisation in French?
modernisation appears 6.6 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).