préposition
French, noun/pʁe.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
préposition is spelled P-R-É-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préposition is a French feminine noun meaning “preposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Adposition antéposée. Mot-outil qui se place immédiatement devant un syntagme et qui indique la relation…”.
What does préposition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreposition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adposition antéposée. Mot-outil qui se place immédiatement devant un syntagme et qui indique la relation syntaxique ou sémantique de ce syntagme dans la phrase.
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 préposition
- prépositions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préposition?
- /pʁe.po.zi.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁe.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
- [yn pʁe.pɔ.zi.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 préposition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préposition in French?
préposition appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).