foncière
French, adjective/fɔ̃.sjɛʁ/
foncière is spelled F-O-N-C-I-È-R-E (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foncière is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of foncier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does foncière mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of foncier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fond d’ardoise qui se trouve après une foncée.
noun: 1. Société commerciale dont l’objet est la constitution, la gestion et l’exploitation d’un portefeuille immobilier
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 foncière
- foncières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foncière?
- /fɔ̃.sjɛʁ/
- \fɔ̃.sjɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is foncière in French?
foncière appears 6.6 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).