gradient
French, noun/ɡʁa.djɑ̃/
gradient is spelled G-R-A-D-I-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gradient is a French masculine noun meaning “gradient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grandeur vectorielle qui indique de quelle façon une grandeur physique varie dans l’espace”.
What does gradient mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegradient
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grandeur vectorielle qui indique de quelle façon une grandeur physique varie dans l’espace. 2. Champ de vecteurs représentant la variation d’une fonction dépendant de plusieurs paramètres par rapport à la variation de ces différents paramètres. 3. Passage insensible d’une catégorie à une autre.
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 gradient
- gradients plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gradient?
- /ɡʁa.djɑ̃/
- \ɡʁa.djɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gradient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gradient in French?
gradient appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).