inversion
French, noun/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
inversion is spelled I-N-V-E-R-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inversion is a French feminine noun meaning “inversion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité”.
What does inversion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinversion
- 2
femininedeviance (especially sexual)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité. 2. Changement de l’ordre dans lequel les mots sont ordinairement rangés dans le discours. 3. Évolution par laquelle les bâtiments qui étaient en tête se trouvent en queue. 4. Anomalie consistant en ce fait qu’un ou plusieurs organes se trouvent du côté du corps opposé à celui qu’ils occupent normalement.
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 inversion
- inversions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inversion?
- /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.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 inversion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inversion in French?
inversion appears 3.7 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).