vénération
French, noun\ve.ne.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
vénération is spelled V-É-N-É-R-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vénération is a French feminine noun meaning “veneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Respect qu’on a pour les saints et les choses saintes ; honneur qu’on leur rend”.
What does vénération mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineveneration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Respect qu’on a pour les saints et les choses saintes ; honneur qu’on leur rend. 2. Estime respectueuse qu’on a pour certaines personnes ou certaines choses.
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 vénération
- vénérations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vénération?
- \ve.ne.ʁa.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 vénération
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vénération in French?
vénération appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).