préservation
French, noun/pʁe.zɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/
préservation is spelled P-R-É-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written French, the 10,294th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préservation is a French feminine noun meaning “preservation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de préserver”.
What does préservation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreservation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de préserver.
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 préservation
- préservations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préservation?
- /pʁe.zɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁe.zɛʁ.va.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 préservation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préservation in French?
préservation appears 5.6 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).