trépidation
French, noun\tʁe.pi.da.sjɔ̃\
trépidation is spelled T-R-É-P-I-D-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trépidation is a French feminine noun meaning “trembling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tremblement”.
What does trépidation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrembling
- 2
femininevibration
- 3
feminineshudder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tremblement.
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 trépidation
- trépidations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trépidation?
- \tʁe.pi.da.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 trépidation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trépidation in French?
trépidation appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).