possession
French, noun/pɔ.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
possession is spelled P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,526th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Possession is a French feminine noun meaning “possession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jouissance, faculté actuelle de disposer ou de jouir d’un bien”.
What does possession mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepossession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jouissance, faculté actuelle de disposer ou de jouir d’un bien. 2. Rapport possessif ou analogue à la possession, exprimé par les adjectifs possessifs comme ma, les pronoms possessifs comme le mien, les adpositions comme de, les verbes comme avoir, etc. 3. Terres possédées par un État ou par un particulier. 4. Jouissance de certains plaisirs, de certaines choses qu’on a recherchées avec ardeur.
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 possession
- possessions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce possession?
- /pɔ.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /pɔ.se.sjɔ̃/
- \pɔ.sɛ.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 possession
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is possession in French?
possession appears 22 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).