foncée
French, adjective\fɔ̃.se\
foncée is spelled F-O-N-C-É-E (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foncée is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of foncé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does foncée mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of foncé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gradin dans les carrières d’ardoise.
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 foncée
- foncées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foncée?
- \fɔ̃.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foncée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foncée in French?
foncée appears 1.8 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).