convention
French, noun/kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
convention is spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convention is a French feminine noun meaning “convention, agreement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de convenir, accord, pacte”.
What does convention mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconvention, agreement
- 2
feminineconvention (formal meeting)
la convention sur l’avenir de l’Europe
- 3
feminineconvention (conventionally standardised choice)
Par convention, le courant va du plus vers le moins.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de convenir, accord, pacte. 2. Clause ; condition. 3. Ce qui est convenu, ce qui résulte d’un pacte implicite, par opposition à ce qui résulte des lois mêmes de la nature ou de la force des choses. 4. Accord tacite par lequel on admet certaines fictions, certains procédés qui s’éloignent de la réalité, mais qui paraissent indispensables pour produire l’effet voulu.
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 convention
- conventions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convention?
- /kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
- [kɔ̃.vɑ̃.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 convention
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convention in French?
convention appears 35 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).