soumission
French, noun/su.mi.sjɔ̃/
soumission is spelled S-O-U-M-I-S-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soumission is a French feminine noun meaning “submission (act of submitting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se soumettre, de se ranger sous l’autorité d’une personne”.
What does soumission mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubmission (act of submitting)
- 2
femininesubmission (something which is submitted)
- 3
femininesubmission
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 soumettre, de se ranger sous l’autorité d’une personne. 2. Principe spirituel d’acceptation totale et d’obéissance aveugle à une divinité ou aux valeurs constitutives d’une religion. 3. Disposition à obéir. 4. Acte d’accepter ou de consentir à se mettre dans une situation de dominé ou dans un état d’objet sexuel.
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 soumission
- soumissions plural
- submission dated rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soumission?
- /su.mi.sjɔ̃/
- \su.mi.sjɔ̃\
- [su.mi.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 soumission
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soumission in French?
soumission appears 8.5 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).