# traduction

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɹʌˈdʌkʃən/ · frequency rank #73,734

## Definitions
1. The act of converting text from one language to another.
2. A malign or defamatory statement.
3. An act of defaming, maligning or slandering.
4. Act of passing on to one's future generations.

## Etymology
From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“I lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“I lead”). By surface analysis, traduce + -ion.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/traduction