salutation
French, noun/sa.ly.ta.sjɔ̃/
salutation is spelled S-A-L-U-T-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salutation is a French feminine noun meaning “greeting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de saluer; mot pour saluer”.
What does salutation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreeting
- 2
femininevalediction, complimentary close
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de saluer; mot pour saluer. 2. Manière de saluer un peu exagérée.
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 salutation
- salutations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salutation?
- /sa.ly.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \sa.ly.ta.sjɔ̃\
- [yn sa.ly.ta.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 salutation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salutation in French?
salutation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).