section
French, noun/sɛk.sjɔ̃/
section is spelled S-E-C-T-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written French, the 1,564th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Section is a French feminine noun meaning “section” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de couper, de diviser ou résultat de cette action”.
What does section mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de couper, de diviser ou résultat de cette action. 2. Division ou subdivision d’un ouvrage, d’un traité, d’un compte, d’une ville, d’un tribunal, d’un conseil, d’une académie, d’un établissement d’enseignement, fraction d’un corps de troupe, etc. 3. Assemblée générale permanente révolutionnaire durant la Convention. 4. Petite unité, subdivisée en escouades et regroupée en pelotons.
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 section
- sections plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce section?
- /sɛk.sjɔ̃/
- \sɛk.sjɔ̃\
- [sɛk.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 section
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is section in French?
section appears 54 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).