destruction
French, noun/dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
destruction is spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written French, the 3,248th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destruction is a French feminine noun meaning “destruction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de détruire, au propre et au figuré”.
What does destruction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedestruction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de détruire, au propre et au figuré. 2. Ce qui subsiste des objets après leur destruction partielle ou totale, par opposition à construction. (généralement employé au pluriel)
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 destruction
- destructions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destruction?
- /dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
- \dɛs.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
- [dɛs.tʁyk.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 destruction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destruction in French?
destruction appears 24 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).