prévision
French, noun/pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃/
prévision is spelled P-R-É-V-I-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written French, the 9,289th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévision is a French feminine noun meaning “forecast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Annonce d’un événement futur”.
What does prévision mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforecast
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Annonce d’un événement futur. 2. Démarche rationnelle permettant cette annonce. → voir prévision météorologique et prévision du temps 3. Attente, vue subjective des choses futures. → voir prévision intuitive
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 prévision
- prévisions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévision?
- /pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃/
- \pʁe.vi.zjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévision
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévision in French?
prévision appears 6.5 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).