pacification
French, noun/pa.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
pacification is spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pacification is a French feminine noun meaning “pacification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pacifier ; rétablissement de la paix”.
What does pacification mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepacification
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de pacifier ; rétablissement de la paix. 2. Apaisement des dissensions, des querelles et des différends entre particuliers.
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 pacification
- pacifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pacification?
- /pa.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \pa.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
- [pa.si.fi.ka.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 pacification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pacification in French?
pacification 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).