rétrospection
French, noun\ʁe.tʁɔs.pɛk.sjɔ̃\
rétrospection is spelled R-É-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rétrospection is a French feminine noun meaning “retrospection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de regarder en arrière, dans le passé”.
What does rétrospection mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretrospection
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de regarder en arrière, dans le passé.
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 rétrospection
- rétrospections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rétrospection?
- \ʁe.tʁɔs.pɛk.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 rétrospection
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rétrospection in French?
rétrospection appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).