inscription
French, noun/ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
inscription is spelled I-N-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inscription is a French feminine noun meaning “registration, enrolment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’inscrire, résultat de cette action”.
What does inscription mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineregistration, enrolment
- 2
feminineinscription
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’inscrire, résultat de cette action. 2. Suite de caractères gravés ou fixés sur la pierre, le bois, le marbre, le cuivre, soit pour conserver la mémoire d’une personne ou d’un événement, soit pour indiquer la destination d’un édifice. 3. Fait d’être inscrit sur les registres d’une faculté en vue de passer tel ou tel examen.
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 inscription
- inscriptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inscription?
- /ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃s.kʁip.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃s.kʁip.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 inscription
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inscription in French?
inscription appears 27 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).