inaction
French, noun/i.nak.sjɔ̃/
inaction is spelled I-N-A-C-T-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inaction is a French feminine noun meaning “inactivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Absence ou cessation de toute action”.
What does inaction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinactivity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Absence ou cessation de toute action.
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 inaction
- inactions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inaction?
- /i.nak.sjɔ̃/
- \i.nak.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 inaction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inaction in French?
inaction appears 2.6 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).