ion
French, noun/jɔ̃/
ion is spelled I-O-N (3 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ion is a French masculine noun meaning “ion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Atome ou molécule ayant perdu ou gagné des électrons sur sa couche externe”.
What does ion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineion
suffix
- 1
feminine-ion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Atome ou molécule ayant perdu ou gagné des électrons sur sa couche externe.
suffix: 1. Suffixe substantivant.
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 ion
- ions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ion?
- /jɔ̃/
- /i.ɔ̃/
- \jɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ion in French?
ion appears 3.6 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).