extravagance
French, noun/ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃s/
extravagance is spelled E-X-T-R-A-V-A-G-A-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extravagance is a French feminine noun meaning “extravagance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action extravagante, discours extravagant”.
What does extravagance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextravagance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action extravagante, discours extravagant. 2. Bizarrerie, incohérence, folie.
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 extravagance
- extravagances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extravagance?
- /ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃s/
- \ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extravagance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extravagance in French?
extravagance appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).