ambition
French, noun/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃/
ambition is spelled A-M-B-I-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). Ambition is a French feminine noun meaning “ambition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recherche d’honneurs, de gloire, d’élévation sociale, de distinction”.
What does ambition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recherche d’honneurs, de gloire, d’élévation sociale, de distinction. 2. Motivation pour améliorer une situation.
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 ambition
- ambitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambition?
- /ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃/
- \ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃\
- [ɑ̃.bi.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 ambition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambition in French?
ambition 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).