régression
French, noun/ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
régression is spelled R-É-G-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Régression is a French feminine noun meaning “regression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recul, diminution après une progression”.
What does régression mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineregression
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Recul, diminution après une progression. 2. Marche en arrière, régressive. 3. Malfonction d’une fonctionnalité existante d’un programme à la suite d’une modification de celui-ci. 4. Ensemble de méthodes statistiques analysant le degré de dépendance d’une variable par rapport à une ou plusieurs autres.
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 régression
- régressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce régression?
- /ʁe.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /ʁe.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁe.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 régression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is régression in French?
régression appears 3.5 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).