suppression
French, noun/sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
suppression is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,602nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suppression is a French feminine noun meaning “deletion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de supprimer”.
What does suppression mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeletion
- 2
feminineremoval
- 3
femininecutting (of jobs)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de supprimer. 2. Suppression de part ou d’enfant, crime de celui ou celle qui fait disparaître les traces de la naissance d’un enfant, ou qui ôte la connaissance de son existence et de son état. 3. Suppression d’état, crime qui consiste à supprimer les preuves de l’état civil d’une personne. 4. Suspension d’une évacuation accoutumée.
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 suppression
- suppressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suppression?
- /sy.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /sy.pʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \sy.pʁɛ.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 suppression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suppression in French?
suppression appears 21 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).