ingestion
French, noun/ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/
ingestion is spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingestion is a French feminine noun meaning “ingestion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’ingérer”.
What does ingestion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineingestion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’ingérer.
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 ingestion
- ingestions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ingestion?
- /ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ingestion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ingestion in French?
ingestion appears 1.5 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).