microfinance
French, noun/mi.kʁɔ.fi.nɑ̃s/
microfinance is spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-I-N-A-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microfinance is a French feminine noun meaning “microfinance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des services financiers, à petite échelle, destinés à tous ceux qui sont exclus du système financier…”.
What does microfinance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrofinance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des services financiers, à petite échelle, destinés à tous ceux qui sont exclus du système financier classique ou formel.
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 microfinance
- microfinances plural
- micro-finance
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microfinance?
- /mi.kʁɔ.fi.nɑ̃s/
- \mi.kʁɔ.fi.nɑ̃s\
- \mi.kʁo.fi.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microfinance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microfinance in French?
microfinance appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).