scintillation
French, noun\sɛ̃.ti.ja.sjɔ̃\
scintillation is a French feminine noun meaning “scintillation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vif mouvement d’agitation qu’on observe dans la lumière des étoiles, surtout lorsque l’atmosphère n’est pas…”.
What does scintillation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescintillation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vif mouvement d’agitation qu’on observe dans la lumière des étoiles, surtout lorsque l’atmosphère n’est pas tranquille. 2. Scintillement.
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 scintillation
- scintillations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scintillation?
- \sɛ̃.ti.ja.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 scintillation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scintillation in French?
scintillation appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).