provenance
French, noun/pʁɔv.nɑ̃s/
provenance is spelled P-R-O-V-E-N-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provenance is a French feminine noun meaning “provenance, origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Origine, endroit d’où provient une chose”.
What does provenance mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprovenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Origine, endroit d’où provient une chose. 2. (s’emploie surtout au pluriel) Tout ce qui provient d’un pays, tout ce qui est transporté d’un pays dans un autre.
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 provenance
- provenances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provenance?
- /pʁɔv.nɑ̃s/
- \pʁɔv.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provenance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provenance in French?
provenance appears 13 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).