injection
French, noun/ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃/
injection is spelled I-N-J-E-C-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Injection is a French feminine noun meaning “injection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action par laquelle on injecte un liquide dans le corps ou dans une plaie”.
What does injection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinjection
- 2
feminineinjection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action par laquelle on injecte un liquide dans le corps ou dans une plaie. 2. Liquide que l’on injecte. 3. Action d’injecter divers produit dans un cadavre dans un but de conservation ou de préparation à une dissection. 4. Action d’injecter une matière étrangère dans un environnement.
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 injection
- injections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce injection?
- /ɛ̃.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.ʒɛk.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 injection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is injection in French?
injection appears 8.7 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).