exemption
French, noun/ɛɡ.zɑ̃p.sjɔ̃/
exemption is spelled E-X-E-M-P-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exemption is a French feminine noun meaning “exemption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Droit, grâce, privilège qui exempte”.
What does exemption mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexemption
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Droit, grâce, privilège qui exempte. 2. Dispense. 3. État où l’on n’est pas sujet ou soumis à quelque chose, où l’on est délivré de quelque chose. 4. Billet de satisfaction qui était donné à un élève et qui pouvait lui servir de dispense en cas de punition.
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 exemption
- exemptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exemption?
- /ɛɡ.zɑ̃p.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛɡ.zɑ̃p.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 exemption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exemption in French?
exemption appears 1.6 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).