molestation
French, noun\mɔ.lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
molestation is spelled M-O-L-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molestation is a French masculine noun meaning “mauling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de molester”.
What does molestation mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemauling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de molester.
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 molestation
- molestations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molestation?
- \mɔ.lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is molestation in French?
molestation appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).