titillation
French, noun/ti.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/
titillation is spelled T-I-T-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Titillation is a French feminine noun meaning “light tickling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chatouillement léger”.
What does titillation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelight tickling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chatouillement léger.
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 titillation
- titillations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce titillation?
- /ti.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/
- /ti.ti.la.sjɔ̃/
- \ti.ti.ja.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is titillation in French?
titillation appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).