oppression
French, noun/ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
oppression is spelled O-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oppression is a French feminine noun meaning “oppression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’opprimer et état de ce qui est opprimé”.
What does oppression mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoppression
- 2
feminineasthma
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’opprimer et état de ce qui est opprimé. 2. Domination systémique ou violence exercée par un groupe social ou une institution sur un autre groupe, entraînant discrimination ou exclusion. 3. État de ce qui est oppressé. 4. Influence négative du diable ou de ses démons sur une personne, pour la couper de Dieu.
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 oppression
- oppressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oppression?
- /ɔ.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /ɔ.pʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔ.pʁe.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 oppression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oppression in French?
oppression appears 4.7 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).