interception
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
interception is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interception is a French feminine noun meaning “interception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’intercepter ou résultat de cette action”.
What does interception mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinterception
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’intercepter ou résultat de cette action.
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 interception
- interceptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interception?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.sɛp.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 interception
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interception in French?
interception appears 1.7 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).