prévention
French, noun/pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
prévention is spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,992nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévention is a French feminine noun meaning “prevention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de prévenir ; mesure à prendre pour prévenir certains risques”.
What does prévention mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprevention
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de prévenir ; mesure à prendre pour prévenir certains risques. 2. Organisation qui a la charge de cette action. 3. ou Opinion préconçue, favorable ou défavorable, antérieure à tout raisonnement ou examen. 4. État d’un homme prévenu de délit, de crime.
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 prévention
- préventions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévention?
- /pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévention
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévention in French?
prévention appears 19 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).