spéculation
French, noun\spe.ky.la.sjɔ̃\
spéculation is spelled S-P-É-C-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spéculation is a French feminine noun meaning “speculation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de spéculer, de réfléchir profondément ou longuement”.
What does spéculation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespeculation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de spéculer, de réfléchir profondément ou longuement. 2. Hypothèse. 3. Raisonnement, calculs, entreprises que l’on fait en matière de banque, de finance, de commerce, etc.
noun: 1. Biscuit également appelé spéculoos ou spéculoos de Hasselt, dans le Limbourg, et particulièrement dans la province de Liège. Il s’agit d’une version plus épaisse et plus moelleuse du spéculoos.
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 spéculation
- spéculations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spéculation?
- \spe.ky.la.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 spéculation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spéculation in French?
spéculation appears 4.6 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).