vocation
French, noun/vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/
vocation is spelled V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vocation is a French feminine noun meaning “vocation, calling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement intérieur ressenti comme un appel de Dieu à se consacrer à son service”.
What does vocation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevocation, calling
- 2
femininevocation (employment; career; work)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement intérieur ressenti comme un appel de Dieu à se consacrer à son service. 2. Inclination que l’on ressent pour un état. 3. Disposition ; talent. 4. Fonction supérieure que l'on croit devoir remplir pour des raisons morales ou transcendantes.
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 vocation
- vocations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocation?
- /vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \vɔ.ka.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 vocation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocation in French?
vocation appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).