consensus
French, noun/kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/
consensus is spelled C-O-N-S-E-N-S-U-S (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consensus is a French masculine noun meaning “consensus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Accord tacite, ou sans opposition catégorique, des différentes parties d’une discussion sur un sujet…”.
What does consensus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconsensus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Accord tacite, ou sans opposition catégorique, des différentes parties d’une discussion sur un sujet déterminé. 2. Accord d’une forte majorité de la population, de l’électorat. 3. Accord de plusieurs organes dans l’accomplissement d’une fonction vitale. 4. Accord d’un certain nombre de processus sur une valeur unique.
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.
How do you pronounce consensus?
- /kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/
- /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.sys/
- \kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consensus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consensus in French?
consensus appears 11 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).