mouvance
French, noun/mu.vɑ̃s/
mouvance is spelled M-O-U-V-A-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouvance is a French feminine noun meaning “movement, trend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dépendance d’un fief à l’égard d’un autre dont il relève”.
What does mouvance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemovement, trend
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dépendance d’un fief à l’égard d’un autre dont il relève. 2. Association informelle ; sphère d'influence.
noun: 1. Ce qui est mouvant.
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 mouvance
- mouvances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouvance?
- /mu.vɑ̃s/
- \mu.vɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mouvance in French?
mouvance appears 3.0 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).