méditation

See also: meditation and Meditation

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meditātiō. By surface analysis, méditer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.di.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

méditation f (countable and uncountable, plural méditations)

1. (uncountable) meditation, mindfulness
2. (countable) deep reflection, deep thought

Descendants

• → Romanian: meditație
• → Turkish: meditasyon

Further reading

• “méditation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.