sublimation
French, noun\sy.bli.ma.sjɔ̃\
sublimation is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sublimation is a French feminine noun meaning “sublimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changement d’état : action de sublimer, passage direct de l’état solide à l’état gazeux”.
What does sublimation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesublimate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Changement d’état : action de sublimer, passage direct de l’état solide à l’état gazeux. 2. Action de transformer en élevant, exaltation, purification. 3. Dérivation de but de la pulsion sexuelle ou agressive, par exemple dans une création artistique.
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 sublimation
- sublimations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sublimation?
- \sy.bli.ma.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 sublimation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sublimation in French?
sublimation appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).