divergence
French, noun/di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s/
divergence is spelled D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divergence is a French feminine noun meaning “divergence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le fait de diverger”.
What does divergence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedivergence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le fait de diverger. 2. Différence, désaccord. 3. Opérateur différentiel particulier qui, à un champ vectoriel, fait correspondre un champ scalaire. Le champ scalaire obtenu du produit scalaire de l’opérateur nabla, ∇, par un champ vectoriel. 4. Activation d’une réaction en chaîne.
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 divergence
- divergences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divergence?
- /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s/
- \di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\
- [di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divergence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divergence in French?
divergence appears 2.2 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).