passivation
French, noun\pa.si.va.sjɔ̃\
passivation is spelled P-A-S-S-I-V-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passivation is a French feminine noun meaning “passivation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de passiver”.
What does passivation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepassivation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de passiver. 2. État des métaux ou des alliages dans lequel leur vitesse de corrosion est notablement ralentie par la présence d'un film passif naturel ou artificiel. 3. Ensemble des mesures appliquées en fin de vie à un véhicule spatial pour éviter son explosion dans l’espace et la production intempestive de débris spatiaux.
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 passivation
- passivations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passivation?
- \pa.si.va.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passivation in French?
passivation appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).