construction
French, noun/kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
construction is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written French, the 844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Construction is a French feminine noun meaning “construction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou art de construire”.
What does construction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconstruction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou art de construire. 2. L’édifice même que l’on construit. 3. Assemblage, disposition des matériaux, des diverses parties d’un édifice, d’un navire, d’une machine, etc. 4. La construction d’un système philosophique.
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 construction
- constructions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce construction?
- /kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
- [la kɔ̃s.tʁyk.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 construction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is construction in French?
construction appears 98 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).