extradition
French, noun/ɛk.stʁa.di.sjɔ̃/
extradition is spelled E-X-T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extradition is a French feminine noun meaning “extradition (formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’extrader”.
What does extradition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextradition (formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’extrader. 2. Remise de pièces conservées au greffe d’un tribunal.
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 extradition
- extraditions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extradition?
- /ɛk.stʁa.di.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛk.stʁa.di.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 extradition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extradition in French?
extradition appears 2.3 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).