intercompréhension
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
intercompréhension is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-O-M-P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-O-N (18 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercompréhension is a French feminine noun meaning “intercomprehension, mutual intelligibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capacité de comprendre une langue étrangère sur la base d’une autre langue sans l’avoir apprise”.
What does intercompréhension mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintercomprehension, mutual intelligibility
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacité de comprendre une langue étrangère sur la base d’une autre langue sans l’avoir apprise.
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 intercompréhension
- intercompréhensions plural
- inter-compréhension
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercompréhension?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is intercompréhension in French?
intercompréhension appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).