investigation
French, noun/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
investigation is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Investigation is a French feminine noun meaning “investigation, examination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recherche suivie sur quelque objet”.
What does investigation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvestigation, examination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recherche suivie sur quelque objet.
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 investigation
- investigations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce investigation?
- /ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
- [ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.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 investigation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is investigation in French?
investigation appears 6.2 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).