démission
French, noun/de.mi.sjɔ̃/
démission is spelled D-É-M-I-S-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démission is a French feminine noun meaning “resignation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acte par lequel on se démet d’une dignité, d’un emploi, etc”.
What does démission mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresignation
remettre sa démission
- 2
feminineabdication (of responsibilities, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acte par lequel on se démet d’une dignité, d’un emploi, etc. 2. Manquement durable à sa mission, à son devoir. 3. Renoncement ; reniement.
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 démission
- démissions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démission?
- /de.mi.sjɔ̃/
- \de.mi.sjɔ̃\
- [de.mi.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 démission
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démission in French?
démission appears 16 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).