ignorance
French, noun/i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
ignorance is spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ignorance is a French feminine noun meaning “ignorance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de celui qui est ignorant ; celui qui ne connaît rien”.
What does ignorance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineignorance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de celui qui est ignorant ; celui qui ne connaît rien. 2. Fautes qui marquent une ignorance grossière.
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 ignorance
- ignorances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ignorance?
- /i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s/
- \i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ignorance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ignorance in French?
ignorance appears 11 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).