sexuation
French, noun/sɛk.sɥa.sjɔ̃/
sexuation is spelled S-E-X-U-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sexuation is a French feminine noun meaning “sexuation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de sexuer, d’attribuer un genre sexuel, processus de différentiation sexuelle”.
What does sexuation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesexuation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de sexuer, d’attribuer un genre sexuel, processus de différentiation sexuelle.
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 sexuation
- sexuations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sexuation?
- /sɛk.sɥa.sjɔ̃/
- \sɛk.sɥa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sexuation in French?
sexuation appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).