évidence
French, noun/e.vi.dɑ̃s/
évidence is spelled É-V-I-D-E-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,874th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évidence is a French feminine noun meaning “obviousness, clearness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chose immédiatement perceptible”.
What does évidence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobviousness, clearness
Il faut se rendre à l'évidence.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chose immédiatement perceptible. 2. Chose immédiatement compréhensible.
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 évidence
- évidences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évidence?
- /e.vi.dɑ̃s/
- \e.vi.dɑ̃s\
- [e.vi.dɑ̃ŋs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to évidence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évidence in French?
évidence appears 28 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).