segmentation
French, noun/sɛɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
segmentation is spelled S-E-G-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Segmentation is a French feminine noun meaning “segmentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de segmenter ou fait d’être segmenté”.
What does segmentation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesegmentation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de segmenter ou fait d’être segmenté. 2. La première phase du développement embryonnaire correspondant aux divisions cellulaires de la cellule-œuf (zygote) puis de l'embryon, sans augmentation du volume. 3. Technique ayant pour objectif de diviser une mémoire vive ou une mémoire virtuelle en segments caractérisés par leur adresse de début et leur taille.
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 segmentation
- segmentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce segmentation?
- /sɛɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \sɛɡ.mɑ̃.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 segmentation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is segmentation in French?
segmentation appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).