infliction
French, noun/ɛ̃.flik.sjɔ̃/
infliction is spelled I-N-F-L-I-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infliction is a French feminine noun meaning “infliction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’infliger”.
What does infliction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfliction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’infliger.
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 infliction
- inflictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infliction?
- /ɛ̃.flik.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.fli.ksjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is infliction in French?
infliction appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).