salivation
French, noun/sa.li.va.sjɔ̃/
salivation is spelled S-A-L-I-V-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salivation is a French feminine noun meaning “salivation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sécrétion de la salive par les glandes salivaires”.
What does salivation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalivation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sécrétion de la salive par les glandes salivaires.
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 salivation
- salivations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salivation?
- /sa.li.va.sjɔ̃/
- \sa.li.va.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 salivation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salivation in French?
salivation 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).