prescient
French, adjective/pʁɛ.sjɑ̃/
prescient is spelled P-R-E-S-C-I-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prescient is a French adjective meaning “prescient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la prescience d’une chose, des événements futurs”.
What does prescient mean in English?
adjective
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prescient
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la prescience d’une chose, des événements futurs.
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 prescient
- presciente feminine
- prescients masculine plural
- prescientes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prescient?
- /pʁɛ.sjɑ̃/
- /pʁe.sjɑ̃/
- \pʁɛ.sjɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prescient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prescient in French?
prescient appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).