prévalence
French, noun\pʁe.va.lɑ̃s\
prévalence is spelled P-R-É-V-A-L-E-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévalence is a French feminine noun meaning “prevalence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui prévaut”.
What does prévalence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprevalence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui prévaut. 2. Nombre de maladies ou de malades présents à un moment donné dans une population, que le diagnostic ait été porté anciennement ou récemment.
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 prévalence
- prévalences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévalence?
- \pʁe.va.lɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévalence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévalence in French?
prévalence appears 1.6 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).