bivalence
French, noun/bi.va.lɑ̃s/
bivalence is spelled B-I-V-A-L-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bivalence is a French feminine noun meaning “bivalence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est bivalent, qui remplit deux fonctions”.
What does bivalence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebivalence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est bivalent, qui remplit deux fonctions. 2. Caractère de ce qui possède la valence 2, en parlant d'un corps. 3. Base du principe selon laquelle une proposition logique ne peut prendre que l'une ou l'autre de deux valeurs, i.e. elle ne peut être que vraie ou fausse. 4. État de deux chromosomes parallèles dans la prophase de la méiose.
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 bivalence
- bivalences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bivalence?
- /bi.va.lɑ̃s/
- \bi.va.lɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bivalence in French?
bivalence appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).