érection
French, noun/e.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/
érection is spelled É-R-E-C-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Érection is a French feminine noun meaning “erection (of a building, a monument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’ériger un monument”.
What does érection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineerection (of a building, a monument)
- 2
femininestart (of a process)
- 3
feminineerection
en érection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’ériger un monument. 2. Action d’ériger une institution ou un établissement. 3. Action par laquelle certaines parties molles du corps se gonflent, se durcissent et se redressent, en particulier le pénis.
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 érection
- érections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce érection?
- /e.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \e.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\
- [e.ʁɛk.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 érection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is érection in French?
érection appears 4.5 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).