procrastination
French, noun/pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃/
procrastination is spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procrastination is a French feminine noun meaning “procrastination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard”.
What does procrastination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprocrastination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard. 2. Action de reporter, de remettre à plus tard ce qui pourrait être fait le moment même.
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 procrastination
- procrastinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procrastination?
- /pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.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 procrastination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procrastination in French?
procrastination appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).