indication
French, noun/ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃/
indication is spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indication is a French feminine noun meaning “direction, instruction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’indiquer ; le renseignement fourni”.
What does indication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedirection, instruction
- 2
feminineindication, sign
- 3
feminineindication, information
- 4
femininea hint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’indiquer ; le renseignement fourni. 2. Ce qui indique, ce qui donne à connaître quelque chose, et qui en est une espèce de signe. 3. Justification médicale (situation clinique en général : diagnostic, pathologie, etc.) d’un examen ou d’un traitement. 4. Valeur fournie par un instrument ou système de mesure lors d’une opération de mesurage.
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 indication
- indications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indication?
- /ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.di.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 indication
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indication in French?
indication appears 8.1 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).