récursion
French, noun\ʁe.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\
récursion is spelled R-É-C-U-R-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récursion is a French feminine noun meaning “recursion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de s’appeler soi-même, pour une fonction informatique”.
What does récursion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecursion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de s’appeler soi-même, pour une fonction informatique.
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 récursion
- récursions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récursion?
- \ʁe.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is récursion in French?
récursion appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).