ignition
French, noun/iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃/
ignition is spelled I-G-N-I-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ignition is a French feminine noun meaning “ignition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État des corps en combustion”.
What does ignition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineignition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État des corps en combustion. 2. État d’un métal ou d’un autre corps chauffé jusqu’à ce qu’il devienne rouge ; action de le porter dans cet état. 3. État de fusion d’un plasma dans lequel l’énergie produite est suffisante pour que la réaction soit capable de s’auto-entretenir.
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 ignition
- ignitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ignition?
- /iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃/
- \iɡ.ni.sjɔ̃\
- \i.ɲi.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 ignition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ignition in French?
ignition appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).