pénétration
French, noun/pe.ne.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
pénétration is spelled P-É-N-É-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pénétration is a French feminine noun meaning “penetration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de pénétrer dans quelque chose”.
What does pénétration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepenetration
taux de pénétration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de pénétrer dans quelque chose. 2. Action de pénétrer, de s’introduire dans un lieu. 3. Introduction du pénis, voire d'un autre organe, dans le vagin, dans l’anus ou parfois dans la bouche. 4. Sagacité de l’esprit ; facilité à pénétrer dans la connaissance des choses.
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 pénétration
- pénétrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pénétration?
- /pe.ne.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \pe.ne.tʁa.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 pénétration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pénétration in French?
pénétration appears 5.5 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).