discrétion
French, noun/dis.kʁe.sjɔ̃/
discrétion is spelled D-I-S-C-R-É-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discrétion is a French feminine noun meaning “discretion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réserve, retenue, dans les actions et dans les paroles”.
What does discrétion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediscretion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réserve, retenue, dans les actions et dans les paroles. 2. Qualité qui consiste à garder un secret. 3. Droit ou pouvoir qu’on a de décider. 4. Ce qu’on gage ou ce qu’on joue, sans le déterminer précisément, et qu’on laisse à la volonté soit de celui qui gagne, soit de celui qui perd.
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 discrétion
- discrétions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce discrétion?
- /dis.kʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \dis.kʁe.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 discrétion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discrétion in French?
discrétion appears 7.9 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).