supervision
French, noun/sy.pɛʁ.vi.zjɔ̃/
supervision is spelled S-U-P-E-R-V-I-S-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written French, the 13,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supervision is a French feminine noun meaning “supervision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de superviser”.
What does supervision mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesupervision
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de superviser. 2. Technique de suivi et de pilotage informatique de procédés de fabrication automatisés.
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 supervision
- supervisions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce supervision?
- /sy.pɛʁ.vi.zjɔ̃/
- \sy.pɛʁ.vi.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to supervision
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is supervision in French?
supervision appears 4.0 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).