influence
French, noun
influence is spelled I-N-F-L-U-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written French, the 1,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Influence is a French feminine noun meaning “influence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of influencer. With an accent, influencé is a different word: “influenced”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’une personne, d’une circonstance ou d’une chose qui influe sur une autre”.
What does influence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfluence
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
influenced
verb
- 1
past participle of influencer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’une personne, d’une circonstance ou d’une chose qui influe sur une autre. 2. Autorité, crédit, ascendant. 3. Influence commerciale pratiquée par les influenceurs commerciaux. 4. Effet exercé par une œuvre ou un auteur sur un autre, dans une autre littérature.
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 influence
- influences plural
- influencée feminine
- influencés masculine plural
- influencées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to influence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is influence in French?
influence appears 55 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).