préhension
French, noun/pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
préhension is spelled P-R-É-H-E-N-S-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préhension is a French feminine noun meaning “prehension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté ou action de saisir des objets, des proies ou autre avec la main”.
What does préhension mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprehension
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faculté ou action de saisir des objets, des proies ou autre avec la main. 2. Capacité d’un organe quelconque à saisir des objets.
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 préhension
- préhensions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préhension?
- /pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁe.ɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is préhension in French?
préhension appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).