ascension
French, noun/a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
ascension is spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ascension is a French feminine noun meaning “ascent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de monter, de s’élever”.
What does ascension mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineascent
- 2
feminineascension
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de monter, de s’élever. 2. Action de gravir une montagne. 3. Point de l’équateur qui se lève en même temps qu’un astre dans la sphère droite ou dans la sphère oblique. 4. Élévation d’une personne vers le ciel.
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 ascension
- ascensions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ascension?
- /a.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \a.sɑ̃.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 ascension
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ascension in French?
ascension appears 8.9 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).