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réification

French, noun/ʁe.i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

réification is a French feminine noun meaning “reification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de transformer en chose, ce qui est une idée, un mouvement, un concept”.

What does réification mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininereification

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fait de transformer en chose, ce qui est une idée, un mouvement, un concept.

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 réification

  • réifications plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce réification?

  • /ʁe.i.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • \ʁe.i.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 réification

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is réification in French?

réification appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).