réconciliation
French, noun/ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.sjɔ̃/
réconciliation is a French feminine noun meaning “reconciliation, making up (re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Raccommodement de personnes qui étaient brouillées”.
What does réconciliation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereconciliation, making up (re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement)
- 2
femininereconciliation (process of matching and comparing figures from accounting records against those presented on a bank statement)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Raccommodement de personnes qui étaient brouillées. 2. Acte solennel par lequel un hérétique est réuni à l’Église catholique et relevé des censures qu’il avait encourues. 3. Cérémonie qu’on fait pour bénir à nouveau une église profanée. 4. Rapprochement des comptes avec les relevés bancaires.
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 réconciliation
- réconciliations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réconciliation?
- /ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.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 réconciliation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réconciliation in French?
réconciliation appears 5.8 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).