tribulation
French, noun/tʁi.by.la.sjɔ̃/
tribulation is spelled T-R-I-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribulation is a French feminine noun meaning “tribulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affliction, tourment moral, épreuve”.
What does tribulation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetribulation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affliction, tourment moral, épreuve. 2. Adversités considérées comme des épreuves voulues par Dieu.
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 tribulation
- tribulations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribulation?
- /tʁi.by.la.sjɔ̃/
- \tʁi.by.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 tribulation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribulation in French?
tribulation appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).