militance
French, noun/mi.li.tɑ̃s/
militance is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Militance is a French feminine noun meaning “militancy, militance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Activité militante”.
What does militance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemilitancy, militance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Activité militante.
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 militance
- militances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce militance?
- /mi.li.tɑ̃s/
- \mi.li.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 militance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is militance in French?
militance appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).