consistance
French, noun/kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s/
consistance is spelled C-O-N-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consistance is a French feminine noun meaning “consistence (physical quality)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’un corps qui prend un certain degré de solidité”.
What does consistance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconsistence (physical quality)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’un corps qui prend un certain degré de solidité. 2. État d’un corps dont les parties sont liées entre elles de manière à offrir une certaine résistance. 3. Stabilité ; fixité ; permanence. 4. Il désigne ce en quoi consiste une succession ou un domaine et ses dépendances.
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 consistance
- consistances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consistance?
- /kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃s/
- \kɔ̃.sis.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 consistance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consistance in French?
consistance appears 2.3 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).