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concurrence

French, noun

concurrence is spelled C-O-N-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written French, the 2,172nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concurrence is a French feminine noun meaning “competition (action of competing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of concurrencer. With an accent, concurrencé is a different word: “past participle of concurrencer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compétition de plusieurs personnes qui recherchent un même objet, une même chose”.

What does concurrence mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecompetition (action of competing)

    La concurrence dans ce secteur est particulièrement féroce.

  2. 2

    feminineconcurrence (instance of simultaneous occurrence)

  3. 3

    femininethe competition (the ensemble of competing business rivals)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as concurrencé
  1. 1

    past participle of concurrencer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Compétition de plusieurs personnes qui recherchent un même objet, une même chose. 2. Rivalité qui s’établit entre fabricants, marchands, entrepreneurs ou produits, etc. 3. Compétition entre animaux ou entre plantes, pour occuper une même niche écologique. 4. Égalité de droit, de privilège, d’hypothèque entre plusieurs personnes, sur une même chose.

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 concurrence

  • concurrences plural
  • concurrencée feminine
  • concurrencés masculine plural
  • concurrencées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to concurrence

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is concurrence in French?

concurrence 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).

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