nucléation
French, noun\ny.kle.a.sjɔ̃\
nucléation is spelled N-U-C-L-É-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 127,906th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nucléation is a French feminine noun meaning “nucleation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étape initiale d’un changement de phase ou d’une réorganisation de la matière, au cours de laquelle…”.
What does nucléation mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étape initiale d’un changement de phase ou d’une réorganisation de la matière, au cours de laquelle apparaissent les premiers noyaux stables de la nouvelle phase ou structure. 2. Processus par lequel des molécules présentes dans l’atmosphère s’agrègent pour former des noyaux de particules suffisamment stables pour croître.
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 nucléation
- nucléations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nucléation?
- \ny.kle.a.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nucléation in French?
nucléation appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).