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prépondérance

French, noun/pʁe.pɔ̃.de.ʁɑ̃s/

prépondérance is spelled P-R-É-P-O-N-D-É-R-A-N-C-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prépondérance is a French feminine noun meaning “preponderance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Supériorité d’autorité, de crédit, de considération, etc”.

What does prépondérance mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepreponderance

  2. 2

    femininepredominance

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Supériorité d’autorité, de crédit, de considération, etc.

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 prépondérance

  • prépondérances plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prépondérance?

  • /pʁe.pɔ̃.de.ʁɑ̃s/
  • \pʁe.pɔ̃.de.ʁɑ̃s\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to prépondérance

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is prépondérance in French?

prépondérance appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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