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sinisation

French, noun/si.ni.za.sjɔ̃/

sinisation is spelled S-I-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinisation is a French feminine noun meaning “sinicization (process of sinicising)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Processus par lequel le mode de vie, la langue etc. deviennent plus chinois”.

What does sinisation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesinicization (process of sinicising)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Processus par lequel le mode de vie, la langue etc. deviennent plus chinois.

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 sinisation

  • sinisations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sinisation?

  • /si.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
  • \si.ni.za.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is sinisation in French?

sinisation appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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