précontrainte
French, adjective\pʁe.kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t\
précontrainte is spelled P-R-É-C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Précontrainte is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of précontraint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does précontrainte mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of précontraint
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’introduire volontairement dans une structure un état de compression. 2. Action de soumettre un objet à une contrainte afin d'en assurer le bon fonctionnement. 3. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
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 précontrainte
- précontraintes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce précontrainte?
- \pʁe.kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is précontrainte in French?
précontrainte appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).