conscience
French, noun/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/
conscience is spelled C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written French, the 1,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conscience is a French feminine noun meaning “conscience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Subjectivité ; sentiment intime de présence à soi, de vivre l’expérience actuelle du réel, d’être le sujet de…”.
What does conscience mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconscience
- 2
feminineconsciousness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Subjectivité ; sentiment intime de présence à soi, de vivre l’expérience actuelle du réel, d’être le sujet de nos perceptions, émotions, pensées… 2. Image de soi-même ; conscience de soi. 3. État de veille dans lequel l’on perçoit le déroulement de sa vie. 4. Éthique, sentiment du bien et du mal.
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 conscience
- consciences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conscience?
- /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/
- \kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s\
- [kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conscience
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conscience in French?
conscience appears 55 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).