contradiction
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃/
contradiction is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contradiction is a French feminine noun meaning “contradiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de contredire”.
What does contradiction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontradiction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de contredire. 2. Opposition vive à quelqu’un, à quelque chose. 3. Opposition, incompatibilité entre deux ou plusieurs choses, ou entre les éléments d’une même chose. 4. Connecteur logique, relation existant entre deux ou plusieurs termes ou deux ou plusieurs propositions dont l’un(e) affirme ce que l’autre nie.
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 contradiction
- contradictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contradiction?
- /kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.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 contradiction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contradiction in French?
contradiction appears 8.1 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).