interruption
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/
interruption is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interruption is a French feminine noun meaning “interruption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’interrompre ou état de ce qui est interrompu”.
What does interruption mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinterruption
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’interrompre ou état de ce qui est interrompu. 2. Action d’interrompre une personne qui parle. 3. Évènement survenant dans un microprocesseur, pouvant stopper l'exécution de processus. 4. Action d’interrompre le fil de son discours, pour se livrer à d’autres idées.
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 interruption
- interruptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interruption?
- /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/
- /ɛ̃.te.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁyp.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 interruption
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interruption in French?
interruption appears 7.2 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).