déduction
French, noun/de.dyk.sjɔ̃/
déduction is spelled D-É-D-U-C-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déduction is a French feminine noun meaning “deduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de soustraire une somme d'une autre”.
What does déduction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininededuction
- 2
femininededuction (process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de soustraire une somme d'une autre. 2. Action de déduire, de tirer une conséquence, d'inférer une chose d'une autre. 3. Procédé par lequel on va de la cause aux effets, du principe aux conséquences, du général au particulier. 4. Déduction de colonie (deducere coloniam) : installation d'une colonie de citoyens romains sur des terres confisquées aux vaincus.
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 déduction
- déductions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déduction?
- /de.dyk.sjɔ̃/
- \de.dyk.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 déduction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déduction in French?
déduction appears 3.2 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).