digression
French, noun/di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
digression is spelled D-I-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Digression is a French feminine noun meaning “digression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui dans un exposé, dans une conversation, un discours ou un développement s’écarte du sujet principal”.
What does digression mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedigression
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui dans un exposé, dans une conversation, un discours ou un développement s’écarte du sujet principal. 2. Éloignement apparent des planètes par rapport au soleil.
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 digression
- digressions plural
- disgression
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce digression?
- /di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /di.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \di.ɡʁɛ.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 digression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is digression in French?
digression appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).