ostracisation
French, noun/ɔs.tʁa.si.za.sjɔ̃/
ostracisation is spelled O-S-T-R-A-C-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostracisation is a French feminine noun meaning “ostracization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait ou action d’ostraciser, frappant d’ostracisme”.
What does ostracisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineostracization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait ou action d’ostraciser, frappant d’ostracisme.
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 ostracisation
- ostracisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostracisation?
- /ɔs.tʁa.si.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔs.tʁa.si.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ostracisation in French?
ostracisation appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).