multiplication
French, noun/myl.ti.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
multiplication is spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Multiplication is a French feminine noun meaning “multiplication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Augmentation en nombre”.
What does multiplication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemultiplication
table de multiplication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Augmentation en nombre. 2. Reproduction. 3. Opération sur des nombres, ou plus généralement opération multiplicative sur des éléments tels que des nombres et des vecteurs, des matrices, etc. 4. Rapport du régime de deux engrenages dans une transmission de mouvement.
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 multiplication
- multiplications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce multiplication?
- /myl.ti.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \myl.ti.pli.ka.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 multiplication
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is multiplication in French?
multiplication appears 7.2 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).