accointance
French, noun/a.kwɛ̃.tɑ̃s/
accointance is spelled A-C-C-O-I-N-T-A-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accointance is a French feminine noun meaning “companionship, relationship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Liaison, fréquentation”.
What does accointance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecompanionship, relationship
- 2
feminineamorous relations
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Liaison, fréquentation. 2. Relation amoureuse. 3. Connaissance directe.
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 accointance
- accointances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accointance?
- /a.kwɛ̃.tɑ̃s/
- \a.kwɛ̃.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accointance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accointance in French?
accointance appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).