devancière
French, noun/də.vɑ̃.sjɛʁ/
devancière is spelled D-E-V-A-N-C-I-È-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devancière is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of devancier: precursor, predecessor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celle qui a précédé une personne dans ce qu’elle fait”.
What does devancière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of devancier: precursor, predecessor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celle qui a précédé une personne dans ce qu’elle fait. 2. Chose qui en précède une autre. 3. Ancêtres ; aïeules.
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 devancière
- devancières plural
- devancier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devancière?
- /də.vɑ̃.sjɛʁ/
- \də.vɑ̃.sjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is devancière in French?
devancière appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).