proportion
French, noun/pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ̃/
proportion is spelled P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proportion is a French feminine noun meaning “proportion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rapport et convenance des parties entre elles et avec leur tout”.
What does proportion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineproportion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rapport et convenance des parties entre elles et avec leur tout. 2. Convenance que toutes sortes de choses ont les unes avec les autres. 3. Égalité de deux ou de plusieurs rapports, par différence ou par quotient. 4. Dimensions.
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 proportion
- proportions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proportion?
- /pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ̃\
- [pʁɔ.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 proportion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proportion in French?
proportion 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).