péjoration
French, noun\pe.ʒɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
péjoration is spelled P-É-J-O-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péjoration is a French feminine noun meaning “pejoration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de rabaisser la valeur d'un mot”.
What does péjoration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepejoration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de rabaisser la valeur d'un mot. 2. Fait de rabaisser la valeur de quelque chose. 3. Détérioration.
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 péjoration
- péjorations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péjoration?
- \pe.ʒɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is péjoration in French?
péjoration appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).