invasion
French, noun/ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃/
invasion is spelled I-N-V-A-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Invasion is a French feminine noun meaning “invasion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Irruption faite dans le dessein de piller un pays, ou de s’en emparer”.
What does invasion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvasion
armée d'invasion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Irruption faite dans le dessein de piller un pays, ou de s’en emparer. 2. Action d’envahir un organisme, en parlant d’agents pathogènes, ou résultat de cette action. 3. Afflux important de personnes ou d’animaux plus ou moins indésirables ou gênants. 4. (Invader) Pose de mosaïques du projet artistique Space Invaders dans une zone géographique.
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 invasion
- invasions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce invasion?
- /ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to invasion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is invasion in French?
invasion appears 13 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).