instruction
French, noun/ɛ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
instruction is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instruction is a French feminine noun meaning “instruction, direction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’instruire quelqu’un sur les préceptes, les principes nécessaires à son éducation”.
What does instruction mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinstruction, direction
- 2
feminineorder
Near-synonyms: directive, ordre
- 3
femininetraining, teaching
- 4
feminineinvestigation, enquiry
juge d'instruction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’instruire quelqu’un sur les préceptes, les principes nécessaires à son éducation. 2. Connaissances ; savoir ; notions acquises. 3. Leçon, précepte, surtout d’action morale, qu’on donne pour instruire. 4. Connaissance qu’on donne à quelqu’un de certains faits, de certains usages qu’il ignore.
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 instruction
- instructions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instruction?
- /ɛ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃s.tʁyk.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 instruction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instruction in French?
instruction appears 20 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).