répression
French, noun/ʁe.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
répression is spelled R-É-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Répression is a French feminine noun meaning “repression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de réprimer”.
What does répression mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerepression
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de réprimer.
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 répression
- répressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce répression?
- /ʁe.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /ʁe.pʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁe.pʁe.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 répression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is répression in French?
répression appears 14 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).