métafiction

French, noun/me.ta.fik.sjɔ̃/

métafiction is spelled M-É-T-A-F-I-C-T-I-O-N (11 letters). Métafiction is a French feminine noun meaning “metafiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme d’écriture autoréférentielle qui dévoile ses propres mécanismes par des références explicites”.

What does métafiction mean in English?

noun

1
femininemetafiction

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Forme d’écriture autoréférentielle qui dévoile ses propres mécanismes par des références explicites.

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 métafiction

métafictions plural

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

How do you pronounce métafiction?

/me.ta.fik.sjɔ̃/
\me.ta.fik.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 métafiction

metafiction

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