insertion
French, noun/ɛ̃.sɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
insertion is spelled I-N-S-E-R-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insertion is a French feminine noun meaning “insertion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’insérer ou état de ce qui est inséré”.
What does insertion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsertion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’insérer ou état de ce qui est inséré. 2. Zone de liaison entre deux tissus ou deux organes de nature différente. 3. Addition d’une séquence d’ADN étranger dans une molécule d’ADN donnée.
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 insertion
- insertions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insertion?
- /ɛ̃.sɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.sɛʁ.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 insertion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insertion in French?
insertion appears 7.8 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).