prévoir
French, verb/pʁe.vwaʁ/
prévoir is spelled P-R-É-V-O-I-R (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévoir is a French verb meaning “to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Juger par avance qu’une chose doit arriver”.
What does prévoir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.)
- 2
to forecast (weather)
- 3
to plan
- 4
to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for
- 5
to stipulate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Juger par avance qu’une chose doit arriver. 2. Prendre des précautions, des mesures d’avance ; faire les préparatifs nécessaires. 3. Contenir une disposition particulière, en parlant d'un texte juridique.
verb: 1. Variante de prévoir.
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 prévoir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- prévoyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- prévu participle past
- prévois first-person indicative present
- prévoit indicative present singular
- prévoyons first-person indicative plural
- prévoyez indicative plural present
- prévoient indicative plural present
- prévoyais first-person imperfect indicative
- prévoyait imperfect indicative singular
- prévoyions first-person imperfect indicative
- prévoyiez imperfect indicative plural
- prévoyaient imperfect indicative plural
- prévis first-person historic indicative
- prévit historic indicative past
- prévîmes first-person historic indicative
- prévîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévoir?
- /pʁe.vwaʁ/
- \pʁe.vwaʁ\
- [pʁe.vwaʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévoir in French?
prévoir appears 16 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).