imprévision
French, noun/ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃/
imprévision is spelled I-M-P-R-É-V-I-S-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written French, the 157,622nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprévision is a French feminine noun meaning “lack of foresight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut de prévision”.
What does imprévision mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelack of foresight
- 2
feminineunpredictability, fortuity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défaut de prévision.
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 imprévision
- imprévisions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprévision?
- /ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imprévision in French?
imprévision appears about once in every 24 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).