ordination
French, noun/ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/
ordination is spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ordination is a French feminine noun meaning “ordination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de conférer ou de recevoir les ordres de l’Église”.
What does ordination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineordination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de conférer ou de recevoir les ordres de l’Église. 2. Cérémonie au cours de laquelle l’évêque confère les ordres sacrés. 3. Mise en ordre, arrangement, organisation. 4. Mise en ordre, organisation.
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 ordination
- ordinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ordination?
- /ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔʁ.di.na.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 ordination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ordination in French?
ordination appears 1.1 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).