intoxication
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɔk.si.ka.sjɔ̃/
intoxication is spelled I-N-T-O-X-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intoxication is a French feminine noun meaning “poisoning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’intoxiquer ou résultat de cette action”.
What does intoxication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoisoning
- 2
femininethe act of spreading false information or propaganda
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’intoxiquer ou résultat de cette action. 2. Action de propagande par la désinformation. 3. Phénomène social plus ou moins orchestré par lequel on fait croire à la population des choses fausses et néfastes.
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 intoxication
- intoxications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intoxication?
- /ɛ̃.tɔk.si.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɔk.si.ka.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 intoxication
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intoxication in French?
intoxication appears 2.6 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).