prestidigitation
French, noun/pʁɛs.ti.di.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
prestidigitation is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-D-I-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestidigitation is a French feminine noun meaning “prestidigitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art du prestidigitateur”.
What does prestidigitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprestidigitation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art du prestidigitateur. 2. Grande dextérité manuelle.
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 prestidigitation
- prestidigitations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prestidigitation?
- /pʁɛs.ti.di.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɛs.ti.di.ʒi.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 prestidigitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prestidigitation in French?
prestidigitation appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).