Skip to main content

décision

French, noun/de.si.zjɔ̃/

décision is spelled D-É-C-I-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written French, the 902nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décision is a French feminine noun meaning “decision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de décider ou résultat de cette action”.

What does décision mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedecision

    Prendre une décision.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de décider ou résultat de cette action. 2. Qualité qui consiste à prendre promptement un parti et à s’y tenir avec fermeté.

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 décision

  • décisions plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce décision?

  • /de.si.zjɔ̃/
  • \de.si.zjɔ̃\
  • [de.si.zjɔ̃]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to décision

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is décision in French?

décision appears 93 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).

What to look up after décision