dépendance
French, noun/de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
dépendance is spelled D-É-P-E-N-D-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépendance is a French feminine noun meaning “dependence, reliance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tout accessoire d’une chose principale, de tout ce qui tient ou se rattache à une chose sans la constituer…”.
What does dépendance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedependence, reliance
- 2
feminineaddiction, dependency (a habit or practice)
- 3
feminineoutbuilding
- 4
femininedependence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tout accessoire d’une chose principale, de tout ce qui tient ou se rattache à une chose sans la constituer essentiellement. 2. Accessoires d’un domaine. 3. Terre qui dépendaient d’une autre. 4. Rapports qui lient certaines choses, certains êtres, et qui les rendent nécessaires les uns par rapport aux autres.
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 dépendance
- dépendances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépendance?
- /de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
- \de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dépendance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dépendance in French?
dépendance appears 13 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).