précipitation
French, noun/pʁe.si.pi.ta.sjɔ̃/
précipitation is spelled P-R-É-C-I-P-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Précipitation is a French feminine noun meaning “precipitation, unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Extrême vitesse, grande hâte”.
What does précipitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprecipitation, unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste
- 2
feminineprecipitation, a reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container
- 3
feminineprecipitation (any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet))
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Extrême vitesse, grande hâte. 2. Trop d’empressement, de la trop grande hâte que l’on met soit à former quelque dessein, soit à dire ou à faire quelque chose. 3. Réaction par laquelle on extrait une matière solide d’une solution et on la rassemble au fond du récipient. 4. (Le plus souvent au pluriel) Gouttes ou cristaux produits dans l’atmosphère par la condensation de la vapeur d’eau et qui tombent sur le sol, comme la pluie, la neige, ou la grêle.
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 précipitation
- précipitations plural
- præcipitation alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce précipitation?
- /pʁe.si.pi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁe.si.pi.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [pʁe.si.pi.ta.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 précipitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is précipitation in French?
précipitation appears 3.4 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).