solmisation
French, noun/sɔl.mi.za.sjɔ̃/
solmisation is spelled S-O-L-M-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solmisation is a French feminine noun meaning “solmisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enseignement ou étude du chant par la méthode des hexacordes et des muances, tel qu’il a été enseigné par…”.
What does solmisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesolmisation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enseignement ou étude du chant par la méthode des hexacordes et des muances, tel qu’il a été enseigné par Guido d’Arezzo au XIᵉ siècle.
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 solmisation
- solmisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solmisation?
- /sɔl.mi.za.sjɔ̃/
- \sɔl.mi.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is solmisation in French?
solmisation appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).