portion
French, noun/pɔʁ.sjɔ̃/
portion is spelled P-O-R-T-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portion is a French feminine noun meaning “portion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie d’un tout divisé, ou considéré comme tel”.
What does portion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineportion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Partie d’un tout divisé, ou considéré comme tel. 2. Partie d’une succession attribuée à chaque héritier. 3. Quantité de pain, de viande, etc., qu’on donne, dans le repas, à chacun en particulier; surtout en parlant des collèges, des communautés religieuses.
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 portion
- portions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portion?
- /pɔʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \pɔʁ.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 portion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portion in French?
portion appears 9.3 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).