indiction
French, noun/ɛ̃.dik.sjɔ̃/
indiction is spelled I-N-D-I-C-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indiction is a French feminine noun meaning “indiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Rome antique) Imposition en nature”.
What does indiction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindiction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Rome antique) Imposition en nature. 2. Sous le Bas-Empire, cycle de quinze ans, correspondant à la période d’actualisation des bases fiscales de l’impôt éponyme. Ces cycles débutent le 1ᵉʳ septembre 312 et couvrent l’histoire romaine jusqu'en 813. 3. Chaque année de chaque indiction. 4. Période de quinze années, en parlant des bulles du pape ou de certaines cours ecclésiastiques.
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 indiction
- indictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indiction?
- /ɛ̃.dik.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.dik.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 indiction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indiction in French?
indiction appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).