dimension
French, noun/di.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
dimension is spelled D-I-M-E-N-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dimension is a French feminine noun meaning “dimension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Direction d’expansion d’un objet dans l’espace”.
What does dimension mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedimension
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Direction d’expansion d’un objet dans l’espace. 2. Cardinal d’une base d’un espace vectoriel. 3. Mesure d’une chose dans chacune des directions de l’espace. 4. Taille relative.
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 dimension
- dimensions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dimension?
- /di.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \di.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
- [di.mɑ̃.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 dimension
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dimension in French?
dimension appears 22 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).