sécession
French, noun/se.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
sécession is spelled S-É-C-E-S-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sécession is a French feminine noun meaning “secession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se retirer, de se séparer d’un parti politique, d’une cité, d’un état, d’une école”.
What does sécession mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesecession
Le but de la sécession peut être de former un État distinct, ce en quoi elle représente l'objectif concret des mouvements indépendantistes.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se retirer, de se séparer d’un parti politique, d’une cité, d’un état, d’une école.
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 sécession
- sécessions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sécession?
- /se.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /se.se.sjɔ̃/
- \se.se.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 sécession
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sécession in French?
sécession appears 2.5 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).