intention
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
intention is spelled I-N-T-E-N-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intention is a French feminine noun meaning “intention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouvement de l’âme par lequel on tend à quelque fin”.
What does intention mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintention
dans l'intention de devenir roi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouvement de l’âme par lequel on tend à quelque fin. 2. Volonté. 3. But ; destination ; dessein. 4. Prière catholique dans un but particulier.
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 intention
- intentions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intention?
- /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.tɑ̃.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 intention
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intention in French?
intention appears 47 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).