prévenance
French, noun/pʁev.nɑ̃s/
prévenance is spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 74,663rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévenance is a French feminine noun meaning “thoughtfulness, consideration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière obligeante de prévenir, de devancer les désirs de quelqu’un”.
What does prévenance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethoughtfulness, consideration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière obligeante de prévenir, de devancer les désirs de quelqu’un.
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 prévenance
- prévenances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévenance?
- /pʁev.nɑ̃s/
- /pʁɛv.nɑ̃s/
- \pʁɛv.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévenance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévenance in French?
prévenance appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).