performance
French, noun/pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mɑ̃s/
performance is spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-N-C-E (11 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Performance is a French feminine noun meaning “performance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière dont s’est comporté un cheval dans une course”.
What does performance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperformance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière dont s’est comporté un cheval dans une course. 2. Résultats chiffrés obtenus par un athlète, une équipe sportive. 3. Exploit, réussite remarquable dans un domaine. 4. Ensemble évalué, voire chiffré, des potentialités d’un appareil.
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 performance
- performances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce performance?
- /pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mɑ̃s/
- \pɛʁ.fɔʁ.mɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to performance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is performance in French?
performance appears 32 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).