tradition
French, noun/tʁa.di.sjɔ̃/
tradition is spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tradition is a French feminine noun meaning “tradition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de transmettre”.
What does tradition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetradition
- 2
femininea type of baguette or French stick
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de transmettre. 2. Mode de transmission naturel de tout ou partie de la culture d’un peuple, de génération en génération, au sein de la vie ordinaire (par opposition à l’enseignement d’élite ou moderne, aux médias, etc.). 3. Élément de la culture ainsi transmis naturellement, choses sues par la voie de la tradition : connaissances, pratiques, morale… 4. Croyance répandue, sans être avérée, et qui concerne des événements ou des faits situés entre la légende et l'histoire.
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 tradition
- traditions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tradition?
- /tʁa.di.sjɔ̃/
- \tʁa.di.sjɔ̃\
- [tʁadisjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tradition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tradition in French?
tradition appears 38 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).