implication
French, noun/ɛ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
implication is spelled I-M-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,166th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Implication is a French feminine noun meaning “involvement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’impliquer, état d’une personne impliquée dans une affaire criminelle”.
What does implication mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvolvement
- 2
feminineimplication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’impliquer, état d’une personne impliquée dans une affaire criminelle. 2. Contradiction, au sujet de propositions contradictoires. 3. Relation logique entre deux propositions ou affirmations telles que la réalisation de la première entraine la réalisation de la seconde.
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 implication
- implications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce implication?
- /ɛ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pli.ka.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 implication
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is implication in French?
implication appears 9.1 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).