modulation
French, noun/mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃/
modulation is spelled M-O-D-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modulation is a French feminine noun meaning “modulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inflexion de la voix”.
What does modulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemodulation
- 2
femininemodulation (change in key)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflexion de la voix. 2. Passage d’un ton, d’un mode à un autre. 3. Action de moduler le chant ou l’harmonie, et de l’effet qui en résulte. 4. Conversion des données numériques en signaux analogiques.
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 modulation
- modulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modulation?
- /mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃/
- \mɔ.dy.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 modulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modulation in French?
modulation appears 1.8 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).