fiction
French, noun/fik.sjɔ̃/
fiction is spelled F-I-C-T-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fiction is a French feminine noun meaning “fiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Invention fabuleuse”.
What does fiction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefiction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Invention fabuleuse. 2. Narration de faits fictifs. 3. Supposition introduite ou autorisée par la loi en faveur de quelqu’un.
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 fiction
- fictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fiction?
- /fik.sjɔ̃/
- \fik.sjɔ̃\
- [fik.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 fiction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fiction in French?
fiction appears 19 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).