transduction
French, noun\tʁɑ̃s.dyk.sjɔ̃\
transduction is spelled T-R-A-N-S-D-U-C-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transduction is a French masculine noun meaning “transduction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Processus par lequel une cellule convertit un type de signal ou de stimulus en un autre type de signal ou de…”.
What does transduction mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetransduction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Processus par lequel une cellule convertit un type de signal ou de stimulus en un autre type de signal ou de stimulus. 2. Transfert d’ADN bactérien par l'intermédiaire d’un vecteur viral. 3. Modification des cellules réceptrices sous l'effet d’une stimulation. 4. Type de raisonnement typiquement utilisé par des enfants de deux à sept ans.
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 transduction
- transductions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transduction?
- \tʁɑ̃s.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 transduction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transduction in French?
transduction appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).