mission
French, noun/mi.sjɔ̃/
mission is spelled M-I-S-S-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written French, the 844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mission is a French feminine noun meaning “mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Charge qu’on donne à quelqu’un, avec pleins pouvoirs pour faire quelque chose”.
What does mission mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
- 2
femininemission (religious evangelism)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Charge qu’on donne à quelqu’un, avec pleins pouvoirs pour faire quelque chose. 2. But de son action. 3. Compagnie de prêtres, séculiers ou réguliers, envoyés dans des pays lointains pour la conversion des infidèles. 4. Chacune des maisons où demeuraient les pères de la mission.
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 mission
- missions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mission?
- /mi.sjɔ̃/
- \mi.sjɔ̃\
- [mi.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 mission
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mission in French?
mission appears 98 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).