composition
French, noun/kɔ̃.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
composition is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,569th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Composition is a French feminine noun meaning “composition, makeup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de composer quelque chose”.
What does composition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomposition, makeup
- 2
feminineessay
- 3
femininecomposition, work of art
- 4
femininecomposition, compounding, formation of compound words
- 5
femininecomposition, typesetting
- 6
femininelineup
- 7
femininecomposition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de composer quelque chose. 2. Résultat de cette action de composer ; assemblage de plusieurs parties qui ne font qu’un tout. 3. Arrangement des caractères pour en former des mots, des lignes et des pages. 4. Juxtaposition de deux mots existant déjà dans une langue pour en former un nouveau.
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 composition
- compositions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce composition?
- /kɔ̃.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
- [kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.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 composition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is composition in French?
composition appears 32 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).