vulgarisation
French, noun/vyl.ɡa.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
vulgarisation is spelled V-U-L-G-A-R-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vulgarisation is a French feminine noun meaning “popular science” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rendre accessible une connaissance, un savoir ou un savoir-faire”.
What does vulgarisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepopular science
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rendre accessible une connaissance, un savoir ou un savoir-faire.
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 vulgarisation
- vulgarisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vulgarisation?
- /vyl.ɡa.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/
- \vyl.ɡa.ʁi.za.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 vulgarisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vulgarisation in French?
vulgarisation appears 2.8 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).