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juridiction

French, noun/ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃/

juridiction is spelled J-U-R-I-D-I-C-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Juridiction is a French feminine noun meaning “jurisdiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pouvoir d'un juge de rendre la justice”.

What does juridiction mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininejurisdiction

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pouvoir d'un juge de rendre la justice. 2. Ressort, étendue du lieu où le juge a le pouvoir de juger. 3. Tribunal, service public de l'État, ayant pour fonction de juger les différends qui lui sont déférés. 4. Ensemble des tribunaux de même degré ou de même classe.

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 juridiction

  • juridictions plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce juridiction?

  • /ʒy.ʁi.dik.sjɔ̃/
  • \ʒy.ʁi.dik.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 juridiction

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is juridiction in French?

juridiction appears 9.5 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).

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