intuition
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɥi.sjɔ̃/
intuition is spelled I-N-T-U-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intuition is a French feminine noun meaning “intuition (cognitive faculty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vision claire et certaine de Dieu telle que les bienheureux l’ont dans le ciel”.
What does intuition mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintuition (cognitive faculty)
- 2
feminineintuition, hunch
- 3
femininepremonition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vision claire et certaine de Dieu telle que les bienheureux l’ont dans le ciel. 2. Connaissance immédiate, saisie sans intermédiaire conceptuel ou matériel d’un objet réel ou pensé. 3. Toute connaissance non rationnelle, relevant du simple sentiment. 4. Faculté de comprendre vite, de prévoir, de deviner.
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 intuition
- intuitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intuition?
- /ɛ̃.tɥi.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.tɥi.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 intuition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intuition in French?
intuition appears 5.9 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).