traduction
French, noun/tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃/
traduction is spelled T-R-A-D-U-C-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written French, the 2,120th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traduction is a French feminine noun meaning “translation (the conversion of text from one language to another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de traduire, travail consistant à convertir un texte d’une langue dans une autre langue”.
What does traduction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetranslation (the conversion of text from one language to another)
- 2
femininetranslation (the discipline or study of translating written language)
traduction à vue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de traduire, travail consistant à convertir un texte d’une langue dans une autre langue. 2. Résultat de ce travail ; version d’un ouvrage dans une langue différente de celle où il a été écrit. 3. Synthèse d’une protéine à partir d’une matrice d’acide ribonucléique.
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 traduction
- traductions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traduction?
- /tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃/
- \tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃\
- [tʁa.dyk.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 traduction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is traduction in French?
traduction appears 39 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).