exigence
French, noun/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃s/
exigence is spelled E-X-I-G-E-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exigence is a French feminine noun meaning “demand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce que l’on attend, ce que l’on exige de quelqu’un”.
What does exigence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedemand
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce que l’on attend, ce que l’on exige de quelqu’un. 2. Exigences légales 3. Caractère ou prétention de celui qui exige, qui se montre exigeant. 4. Attentes et critères élevés de résultat ou de comportement qu’entretient ordinairement une personne envers elle-même, ainsi qu’envers d’autres personnes, notamment en contexte professionnel ou artistique.
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 exigence
- exigences plural
- exigeance
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exigence?
- /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃s/
- \ɛɡ.zi.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 exigence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exigence in French?
exigence appears 6.9 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).