prosternation
French, noun/pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
prosternation is spelled P-R-O-S-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prosternation is a French feminine noun meaning “prostration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se prosterner ; état de celui qui est prosterné”.
What does prosternation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprostration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se prosterner ; état de celui qui est prosterné.
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 prosternation
- prosternations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prosternation?
- /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔs.tɛʁ.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 prosternation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prosternation in French?
prosternation appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).