latence
French, noun/la.tɑ̃s/
latence is spelled L-A-T-E-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latence is a French feminine noun meaning “latency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité d'une propriété dissimulée et amenée à apparaître ultérieurement. → voir phase de latence”.
What does latence mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité d'une propriété dissimulée et amenée à apparaître ultérieurement. → voir phase de latence 2. Période durant laquelle un symptôme traumatique ne se manifeste pas. 3. Période d'inactivité végétale due à la sécheresse ou l'hiver. 4. Délai dans la manifestation d’une chose. → voir temps de latence, durée de latence et …
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 latence
- latences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce latence?
- /la.tɑ̃s/
- \la.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to latence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is latence in French?
latence appears 1.0 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).