ratification
French, noun/ʁa.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
ratification is spelled R-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratification is a French feminine noun meaning “ratification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de ratifier”.
What does ratification mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de ratifier. 2. Approbation dans les formes requises, généralement par le vote d’une assemblée, d’un texte élaboré ou signé par une autre autorité.
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 ratification
- ratifications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratification?
- /ʁa.ti.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁa.ti.fi.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 ratification
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratification in French?
ratification appears 2.2 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).