compilationcommon nounSyllable DecompositioncompilationEtymologyexpandborrowed from Latin compilatio, from the sense of "pillaging, plagiarism" to that of "stacking, collection".Definitions1. A collection of texts and documents taken from various works.expandLes bénédictins nous ont laissé des compilations très utiles.compilation : livre dont le contenu, fait de bribes et de morceaux de textes antérieurement rédigés, se donne les allures d'un tout cohérent.2. A book in which the author has contributed nothing original.in particularexpandCe livre n'est qu'une compilation.3. A set of various and diverse musical works, gathered on the same medium, or presented in the same performance.expand4. The action of compiling source code using a compiler.programmationexpandPluralcompilationsTranslationsenglish:compilationSee alsocompilateur (cn.) compilatrice (cn.) compiler (v.)