imprévoyance
French, noun/ɛ̃.pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s/
imprévoyance is spelled I-M-P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprévoyance is a French feminine noun meaning “improvidence; a lack of foresight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défaut de prévoyance”.
What does imprévoyance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimprovidence; a lack of foresight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défaut de prévoyance.
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 imprévoyance
- imprévoyances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprévoyance?
- /ɛ̃.pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imprévoyance in French?
imprévoyance appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).