expansion
French, noun/ɛk.spɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
expansion is spelled E-X-P-A-N-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expansion is a French feminine noun meaning “expansion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou état d’un corps fluide qui se dilate”.
What does expansion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpansion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou état d’un corps fluide qui se dilate. 2. Croissance, développement. 3. Prolongement de quelque partie. 4. Action par laquelle une âme se répand au dehors, communique ses sentiments.
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 expansion
- expansions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expansion?
- /ɛk.spɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.spɑ̃.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 expansion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expansion in French?
expansion appears 14 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).