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proportionné

French, adjective

proportionné is spelled P-R-O-P-O-R-T-I-O-N-N-É (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proportionné is a French adjective meaning “proportioned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of proportionner. Without its accent, proportionne is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont les proportions sont en rapport avec le but recherché”.

What does proportionné mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    proportioned

  2. 2

    proportionate

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of proportionner

verb

as proportionne
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dont les proportions sont en rapport avec le but recherché.

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 proportionné

  • proportionnée feminine
  • proportionnés masculine plural
  • proportionnées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is proportionné in French?

proportionné appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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