saturation
French, noun/sa.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
saturation is spelled S-A-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saturation is a French feminine noun meaning “saturation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou résultat de saturer, atteinte d'un seuil maximum”.
What does saturation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaturation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou résultat de saturer, atteinte d'un seuil maximum. 2. État d’un liquide ayant absorbé la quantité maximale d’une substance en solution. 3. Vivacité de la coloration, intensité de la teinte d’une couleur. 4. Caractère d’une couleur traduisant la proximité des sensations produites par cette couleur et la couleur pure de même ton et de même luminosité.
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 saturation
- saturations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saturation?
- /sa.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \sa.ty.ʁa.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 saturation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saturation in French?
saturation appears 3.1 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).