contagion
French, noun/kɔ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/
contagion is spelled C-O-N-T-A-G-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contagion is a French feminine noun meaning “contagion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Propagation d’une maladie transmissible par un contact direct ou différé, infection, contamination”.
What does contagion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontagion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Propagation d’une maladie transmissible par un contact direct ou différé, infection, contamination. 2. La maladie qui se communique par ce contact. 3. Habitude commune considérée comme néfaste. 4. Communication (d'un comportement bon ou mauvais) par la fréquentation ou par l’exemple.
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 contagion
- contagions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contagion?
- /kɔ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.ta.ʒjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contagion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contagion in French?
contagion appears 1.8 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).