opération
French, noun/ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
opération is spelled O-P-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written French, the 1,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opération is a French feminine noun meaning “operation (method by which a device performs its function)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’opérer”.
What does opération mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoperation (method by which a device performs its function)
- 2
feminineoperation (medical operation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’opérer. 2. Manière d'opérer. 3. Intervention chirurgicale sur le corps de l’homme ou de l’animal. 4. Supputations, les calculs par lesquels on part d’une quantité connue pour arriver à des quantités inconnues.
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 opération
- opérations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opération?
- /ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔ.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
- [y.n‿ɔ.pe.ʁa.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 opération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opération in French?
opération appears 74 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).