occultation
French, noun/ɔ.kyl.ta.sjɔ̃/
occultation is spelled O-C-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occultation is a French feminine noun meaning “occultation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disparition passagère d’un astre qui est caché par un autre”.
What does occultation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoccultation
- 2
feminineerasure, concealment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disparition passagère d’un astre qui est caché par un autre. 2. Dissimulation d’une réalité ou d’une vérité. 3. Interdiction d’une zone aux regards extérieurs, au moyen de panneaux, rideaux etc.
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 occultation
- occultations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occultation?
- /ɔ.kyl.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔ.kyl.ta.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 occultation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is occultation in French?
occultation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).