nidation
French, noun\ni.da.sjɔ̃\
nidation is spelled N-I-D-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nidation is a French feminine noun meaning “nidation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Implantation de l’embryon des mammifères placentaires dans la muqueuse utérine”.
What does nidation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenidation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Implantation de l’embryon des mammifères placentaires dans la muqueuse utérine.
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 nidation
- nidations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nidation?
- \ni.da.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nidation in French?
nidation appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).