fraction
French, noun/fʁak.sjɔ̃/
fraction is spelled F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraction is a French feminine noun meaning “fraction (small amount)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Portion ou partie d'un tout”.
What does fraction mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininebreakup
la fraction du pain, le fait de rompre le pain
- 2
femininefraction (small amount)
Je me suis endormi pendant une fraction de seconde.
- 3
femininefraction
barre de fraction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Portion ou partie d'un tout. 2. Écriture d’une quantité ou d’un nombre sous forme d’un quotient, dont les termes séparés par un trait de fraction sont appelés le numérateur et le dénominateur. 3. Partie organisé à l’intérieur d’un ensemble plus large (parti, mouvement, assemblée), distinct par ses positions ou intérêts. 4. Groupe parlementaire.
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 fraction
- fractions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fraction?
- /fʁak.sjɔ̃/
- \fʁak.sjɔ̃\
- [fʁak.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 fraction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraction in French?
fraction appears 6.0 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).