punition
French, noun/py.ni.sjɔ̃/
punition is spelled P-U-N-I-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punition is a French feminine noun meaning “punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de punir, d’infliger une correction à quelqu’un”.
What does punition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepunishment
- 2
femininepenalty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de punir, d’infliger une correction à quelqu’un. 2. Châtiment ; peine que l’on fait subir pour quelque faute ou quelque crime.
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 punition
- punitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punition?
- /py.ni.sjɔ̃/
- \py.ni.sjɔ̃\
- [py.ni.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 punition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is punition in French?
punition appears 7.2 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).