prévoyance
French, noun/pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s/
prévoyance is spelled P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévoyance is a French feminine noun meaning “foresight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté de prévoir”.
What does prévoyance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforesight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faculté de prévoir. 2. Action de prévoir et de prendre des précautions pour l’avenir.
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 prévoyance
- prévoyances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévoyance?
- /pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s/
- \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévoyance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévoyance in French?
prévoyance appears 3.1 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).