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fréquence

French, noun/fʁe.kɑ̃s/

fréquence is spelled F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fréquence is a French feminine noun meaning “frequency (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Répétition incessante et régulière d’une action ou d’un fait”.

What does fréquence mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefrequency (all meanings)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Répétition incessante et régulière d’une action ou d’un fait. 2. Probabilité de la survenance d'un phénomène. 3. Succession rapide des battements, en parlant du pouls, du cœur ou des mouvements nécessaires à la respiration. 4. Nombre de fois que la période est contenue dans une unité de temps, lors d'un mouvement périodique.

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 fréquence

  • fréquences plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fréquence?

  • /fʁe.kɑ̃s/
  • \fʁe.kɑ̃s\
  • [fʁe.kɑ̃s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fréquence

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fréquence in French?

fréquence appears 19 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).

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