récession
French, noun/ʁe.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
récession is spelled R-É-C-E-S-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récession is a French feminine noun meaning “recession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recul, diminution”.
What does récession mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecession
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recul, diminution. 2. Baisse de l’activité économique. 3. Période de recul de la production, de l’activité économique, souvent considérée comme telle s’il y a une période d’au moins deux trimestres consécutifs de recul du produit intérieur brut. 4. Période pendant laquelle la croissance du produit intérieur brut est inférieure à sa croissance potentielle.
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 récession
- récessions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récession?
- /ʁe.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /ʁe.se.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁe.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 récession
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is récession in French?
récession appears 2.7 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).