prévoyant
French, adjective/pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃/
prévoyant is spelled P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prévoyant is a French adjective meaning “farsighted, foresighted, provident, sagacious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of prévoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui juge par avance qu'une chose devrait arriver”.
What does prévoyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
farsighted, foresighted, provident, sagacious
verb
- 1
present participle of prévoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui juge par avance qu'une chose devrait arriver. 2. Qui s’assure à l’avance des conséquences de ce qui va ou ce qui peut arriver.
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 prévoyant
- prévoyante feminine
- prévoyants masculine plural
- prévoyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prévoyant?
- /pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃/
- \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prévoyant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prévoyant in French?
prévoyant appears 3.2 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).