préhistoire
French, noun/pʁe.is.twaʁ/
préhistoire is spelled P-R-É-H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préhistoire is a French feminine noun meaning “prehistory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Période de l'histoire de l'humanité antérieure à l’apparition de l’écriture”.
What does préhistoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprehistory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Période de l'histoire de l'humanité antérieure à l’apparition de l’écriture. 2. Science qui étudie cette période.
noun: 1. Période de l'histoire de l'humanité antérieure à l’apparition de l’écriture. 2. Science qui étudie cette période.
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 préhistoire
- préhistoires plural
- Préhistoire
- Préhistoires plural
- préhistoire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préhistoire?
- /pʁe.is.twaʁ/
- \pʁe.is.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to préhistoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préhistoire in French?
préhistoire 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).