percée
French, noun/pɛʁ.se/
percée is spelled P-E-R-C-É-E (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percée is a French feminine noun meaning “breakthrough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of percé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue”.
What does percée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreakthrough
- 2
femininebreak, breakaway, counter-attack
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of percé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouverture pratiquée soit pour faire un chemin, soit pour se procurer un point de vue. 2. Passage de vive force à travers les lignes ennemies. 3. Avancée, innovation.
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 percée
- percées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percée?
- /pɛʁ.se/
- \pɛʁ.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to percée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is percée in French?
percée appears 4.7 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).