passion
French, noun/pa.sjɔ̃/
passion is spelled P-A-S-S-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passion is a French feminine noun meaning “Passion, suffering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grandes douleurs ; souffrance”.
What does passion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininePassion, suffering
la passion du Christ
- 2
femininepassion, enthusiasm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grandes douleurs ; souffrance. 2. Vif sentiment, émotion vivement ressentie. 3. Vif sentiment amoureux. 4. Goût très prononcé, voire irrésistible, pour une activité.
noun: 1. Fruit de la passion.
noun: 1. Souffrance, en parlant des souffrances de Jésus-Christ avant sa mort et de l’évangile qui la raconte, ou des souffrances des martyrs. 2. Sermon qu’on prêche le vendredi saint sur le même mystère.
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 passion
- passions plural
- Passions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passion?
- /pa.sjɔ̃/
- \pa.sjɔ̃\
- \pɑ.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 passion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passion in French?
passion appears 37 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).