intervention
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
intervention is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intervention is a French feminine noun meaning “intervention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’intervenir”.
What does intervention mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintervention
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’intervenir. 2. Intervention chirurgicale.
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 intervention
- interventions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intervention?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɑ̃.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 intervention
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intervention in French?
intervention appears 50 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).