déchéance
French, noun/de.ʃe.ɑ̃s/
déchéance is spelled D-É-C-H-É-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déchéance is a French feminine noun meaning “decay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de faire déchoir ou état de celui qui est déchu”.
What does déchéance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecay
- 2
femininedownfall
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de faire déchoir ou état de celui qui est déchu. 2. Perte d’un droit.
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 déchéance
- déchéances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déchéance?
- /de.ʃe.ɑ̃s/
- \de.ʃe.ɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déchéance in French?
déchéance appears 3.2 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).