négation
French, noun/ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
négation is spelled N-É-G-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Négation is a French feminine noun meaning “denial (act of denying)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affirmation du contraire”.
What does négation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedenial (act of denying)
- 2
femininenegative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affirmation du contraire. 2. Mots qui servent à nier, comme « ne … pas, ne … point, ne … mie », etc. 3. Permutation entre vrai et faux : négation logique. 4. Réduction à néant, annihilation.
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 négation
- négations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce négation?
- /ne.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- \ne.ɡa.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 négation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is négation in French?
négation appears 2.8 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).