exception
French, noun/ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
exception is spelled E-X-C-E-P-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written French, the 2,074th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exception is a French feminine noun meaning “exception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’excepter”.
What does exception mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexception
L'exception confirme la règle.
- 2
feminineexception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’excepter. 2. Ce qui est excepté. 3. Moyen de défense, et particulièrement de celui à l’aide desquels on soutient qu’une demande doit être déclarée non recevable. 4. Interruption de l’exécution normale d'un programme à cause d'une erreur dont la possibilité de survenance a été anticipée lors de la conception.
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 exception
- exceptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exception?
- /ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.sɛp.sjɔ̃\
- [yn ɛk.sep.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 exception
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exception in French?
exception appears 40 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).