privatisation
French, noun\pʁi.va.ti.za.sjɔ̃\
privatisation is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privatisation is a French feminine noun meaning “privatisation / privatization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vente ou cession par l'État à des investisseurs de capitaux privés, tout ou partie d'une société publique”.
What does privatisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprivatisation / privatization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vente ou cession par l'État à des investisseurs de capitaux privés, tout ou partie d'une société publique.
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 privatisation
- privatisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privatisation?
- \pʁi.va.ti.za.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 privatisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privatisation in French?
privatisation appears 4.0 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).