pulsation
French, noun/pyl.sa.sjɔ̃/
pulsation is spelled P-U-L-S-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulsation is a French feminine noun meaning “pulsation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Battement du cœur, d’une artère ou de tout autre organe naturellement contractile”.
What does pulsation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulsation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Battement du cœur, d’une artère ou de tout autre organe naturellement contractile. 2. Battement régulier marquant le début de chaque temps, qui peut être rendu perceptible par l'utilisation d'un métronome ou être intériorisée par le musicien, et dont la vitesse détermine le tempo d’une pièce. 3. Changement de luminosité d’une étoile variable.
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 pulsation
- pulsations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulsation?
- /pyl.sa.sjɔ̃/
- \pyl.sa.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 pulsation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulsation in French?
pulsation 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).