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relativisation

French, noun/ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sjɔ̃/

relativisation is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-V-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relativisation is a French feminine noun meaning “relativization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de relativiser”.

What does relativisation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerelativization

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de relativiser. 2. Formation d’une proposition relative.

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 relativisation

  • relativisations plural

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

How do you pronounce relativisation?

  • /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sjɔ̃/
  • \ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is relativisation in French?

relativisation appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

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

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