prédation
French, noun\pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\
prédation is spelled P-R-É-D-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prédation is a French feminine noun meaning “predation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de capture d’une proie par son prédateur”.
What does prédation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepredation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de capture d’une proie par son prédateur. 2. Action nuisible à autrui ou à l’environnement ; comportement de prédateur envers sa propre espèce.
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 prédation
- prédations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prédation?
- \pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\
- [pʁe.da.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 prédation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prédation in French?
prédation appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).