outrance
French, noun/u.tʁɑ̃s/
outrance is spelled O-U-T-R-A-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Outrance is a French feminine noun meaning “extravagance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Excès ; degré qui est au-delà des bornes habituelles”.
What does outrance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextravagance
- 2
feminineexcess
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Excès ; degré qui est au-delà des bornes habituelles. 2. Action ou parole qui est excessive, qui dépasse les bornes ou la mesure.
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 outrance
- outrances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce outrance?
- /u.tʁɑ̃s/
- \u.tʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is outrance in French?
outrance appears 2.4 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).