préséance
French, noun/pʁe.se.ɑ̃s/
préséance is spelled P-R-É-S-É-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préséance is a French feminine noun meaning “precedence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Droit de prendre place au-dessus de quelqu’un, ou de le précéder”.
What does préséance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprecedence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Droit de prendre place au-dessus de quelqu’un, ou de le précéder. 2. Priorité des opérateurs entre eux, déterminant l'ordre des opérations.
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 préséance
- préséances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préséance?
- /pʁe.se.ɑ̃s/
- \pʁe.se.ɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to préséance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préséance in French?
préséance appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).