péroraison
French, noun\pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\
péroraison is spelled P-É-R-O-R-A-I-S-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written French, the 166,446th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Péroraison is a French feminine noun meaning “peroration (conclusion of a discourse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conclusion d’un discours d’apparat, d’une harangue, d’un plaidoyer, d’un sermon”.
What does péroraison mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperoration (conclusion of a discourse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conclusion d’un discours d’apparat, d’une harangue, d’un plaidoyer, d’un sermon. 2. Conclusion. 3. Conclusion d’une symphonie.
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 péroraison
- péroraisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce péroraison?
- \pe.ʁɔ.ʁɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to péroraison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is péroraison in French?
péroraison appears about once in every 27 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).