inhibition
French, noun/i.ni.bi.sjɔ̃/
inhibition is spelled I-N-H-I-B-I-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inhibition is a French feminine noun meaning “inhibition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défense, prohibition. Il se joint presque toujours avec le mot « défense » et il est plus usité au pluriel…”.
What does inhibition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinhibition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défense, prohibition. Il se joint presque toujours avec le mot « défense » et il est plus usité au pluriel qu’au singulier. 2. Action d’inhiber.
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 inhibition
- inhibitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inhibition?
- /i.ni.bi.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ni.bi.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 inhibition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inhibition in French?
inhibition appears 1.0 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).