introspection
French, noun/ɛ̃.tʁɔs.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
introspection is spelled I-N-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 28,091st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Introspection is a French feminine noun meaning “introspection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Observation intérieure, observation par la conscience, examen fait par le sujet lui-même des phénomènes…”.
What does introspection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintrospection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Observation intérieure, observation par la conscience, examen fait par le sujet lui-même des phénomènes psychologiques qui se passent en lui. 2. Capacité d'un programme à examiner son propre état.
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 introspection
- introspections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce introspection?
- /ɛ̃.tʁɔs.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tʁɔ.spɛk.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 introspection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is introspection in French?
introspection appears 1.2 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).