phonation
French, noun\fɔ.na.sjɔ̃\
phonation is spelled P-H-O-N-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phonation is a French feminine noun meaning “phonation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Production de la voix et de la parole”.
What does phonation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephonation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Production de la voix et de la parole.
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 phonation
- phonations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phonation?
- \fɔ.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phonation in French?
phonation appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).