attraction
French, noun/a.tʁak.sjɔ̃/
attraction is a French feminine noun meaning “attraction (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’attirer”.
What does attraction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattraction (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’attirer. 2. Ce qui attire la foule, notamment les spectacles, les divertissements, etc. 3. Tendance des corps célestes à s’attirer les uns les autres. 4. Action mutuelle que tous les corps sont supposés exercer les uns sur les autres.
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 attraction
- attractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attraction?
- /a.tʁak.sjɔ̃/
- \a.tʁak.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 attraction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attraction in French?
attraction appears 8.3 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).