oraison
French, noun/ɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/
oraison is spelled O-R-A-I-S-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oraison is a French feminine noun meaning “oration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Assemblage de mots qui forment un sens complet et qui sont construits suivant les règles grammaticales”.
What does oraison mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoration
- 2
feminineorison, meditative prayer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Assemblage de mots qui forment un sens complet et qui sont construits suivant les règles grammaticales. 2. Ouvrage d’éloquence composé pour être prononcé en public. 3. Discours prononcé à la louange des morts, surtout en chaire. 4. Prière adressée à Dieu ou aux saints.
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 oraison
- oraisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oraison?
- /ɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/
- /ɔ.ʁe.zɔ̃/
- \ɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oraison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oraison in French?
oraison appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).