séparation
French, noun/se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
séparation is spelled S-É-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,674th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Séparation is a French feminine noun meaning “separation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de séparer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does séparation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseparation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de séparer ou résultat de cette action. 2. Limite ; frontière. 3. Action ou fait de s’éloigner ou d'être éloigné de quelqu'un. 4. La chose même qui sépare.
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 séparation
- séparations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce séparation?
- /se.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \se.pa.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 séparation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is séparation in French?
séparation appears 21 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).