information
French, noun/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
information is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written French, the 844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Information is a French feminine noun meaning “piece of information]” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’informer autrui ou de s’informer soi-même”.
What does information mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepiece of information]
Near-synonym: renseignement
- 2
femininenews
Tous les jours, il regarde la télé le midi pour suivre les informations.
- 3
feminineinformation
théorie de l'information
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’informer autrui ou de s’informer soi-même. 2. pluriel Ensemble de faits que l'on cherche à connaître ou dont on obtient la connaissance pour répondre à une interrogation. 3. Élément de connaissance contenu sur un support. 4. pluriel Journal télévisé ou journal radiodiffusé.
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 information
- informations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce information?
- /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.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 information
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is information in French?
information appears 98 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).