participation
French, noun/paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃/
participation is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written French, the 1,704th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Participation is a French feminine noun meaning “participation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de participer à quelque chose”.
What does participation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparticipation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de participer à quelque chose. 2. Adhésion, voire complicité à une œuvre. 3. Partage entre propriétaires et salariés (entre ceux-ci, au prorata de leurs salaires) de la partie des bénéfices dépassant une rémunération donnée des capitaux propres.
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 participation
- participations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce participation?
- /paʁ.ti.si.pa.sjɔ̃/
- \paʁ.ti.si.pa.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 participation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is participation in French?
participation appears 49 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).