procession
French, noun/pʁɔ.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
procession is spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procession is a French feminine noun meaning “procession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cortège de prêtres et de fidèles à l’occasion d’une cérémonie religieuse, dans l’intérieur ou au-dehors des…”.
What does procession mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprocession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cortège de prêtres et de fidèles à l’occasion d’une cérémonie religieuse, dans l’intérieur ou au-dehors des lieux de culte. 2. Fait de procéder. 3. Longue suite de personnes qui marchent comme à la file. 4. Visites qui se suivent à bref intervalle.
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 procession
- processions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procession?
- /pʁɔ.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /pʁɔ.se.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.se.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 procession
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procession in French?
procession appears 3.1 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).