sédation
French, noun\se.da.sjɔ̃\
sédation is spelled S-É-D-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sédation is a French feminine noun meaning “sedation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apaisement d'un trouble organique, d'une maladie, d'une douleur”.
What does sédation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesedation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Apaisement d'un trouble organique, d'une maladie, d'une douleur. 2. Action exercée par les calmants ou les traitements sédatifs.
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 sédation
- sédations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sédation?
- \se.da.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 sédation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sédation in French?
sédation 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).