provocation
French, noun\pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
provocation is spelled P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provocation is a French feminine noun meaning “provocation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de provoquer”.
What does provocation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprovocation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de provoquer.
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 provocation
- provocations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provocation?
- \pʁɔ.vɔ.ka.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 provocation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provocation in French?
provocation appears 5.9 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).