méfiance
French, noun/me.fjɑ̃s/
méfiance is a French feminine noun meaning “distrust (lack of trust or confidence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Disposition à se méfier, à soupçonner, crainte habituelle d’être trompé”.
What does méfiance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedistrust (lack of trust or confidence)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Disposition à se méfier, à soupçonner, crainte habituelle d’être trompé.
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 méfiance
- méfiances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méfiance?
- /me.fjɑ̃s/
- \me.fjɑ̃s\
- [me.fjɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méfiance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méfiance in French?
méfiance appears 5.0 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).