exécution
French, noun/ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃/
exécution is spelled E-X-É-C-U-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exécution is a French feminine noun meaning “execution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’exécuter quelque chose”.
What does exécution mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexecution
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’exécuter quelque chose. 2. Action d’exécuter quelqu’un, de le mettre à mort. 3. Critique décisive qui fait justice d’un homme ou d’une œuvre.
interjection: 1. Injonction donnée nécessitant d’agir aussitôt en conséquence.
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 exécution
- exécutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exécution?
- /ɛɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃/
- /eɡ.ze.ky.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛɡ.ze.ky.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 exécution
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exécution in French?
exécution appears 27 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).