progression
French, noun/pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
progression is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progression is a French feminine noun meaning “progression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marche en avant”.
What does progression mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprogression
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Marche en avant. 2. Développement ; accroissement ininterrompu. 3. Avancement, développement par degrés. 4. Suite de nombres ou de quantités qui dérivent successivement les unes des autres, d’après une même loi.
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 progression
- progressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce progression?
- /pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /pʁɔ.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.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 progression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is progression in French?
progression appears 17 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).