excursion
French, noun/ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃/
excursion is spelled E-X-C-U-R-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excursion is a French feminine noun meaning “excursion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Course au dehors, promenade de recherche, de découverte”.
What does excursion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcursion
- 2
femininewander (talk off topic)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Course au dehors, promenade de recherche, de découverte. 2. Digression. 3. Variation temporaire d’une grandeur en dehors de sa valeur habituelle.
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 excursion
- excursions plural
- escursion
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excursion?
- /ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.skyʁ.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛk.skyʁ.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 excursion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excursion in French?
excursion appears 2.8 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).