province
French, noun/pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/
province is spelled P-R-O-V-I-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written French, the 1,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Province is a French feminine noun meaning “province” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étendue de pays qui fait partie d’un État et qui possède plusieurs villes, bourgs, villages, etc., sous un…”.
What does province mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprovince
- 2
derogatoryfemininethe countryside; or more broadly, the rest of metropolitan France, outside Paris
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étendue de pays qui fait partie d’un État et qui possède plusieurs villes, bourgs, villages, etc., sous un même gouvernement. 2. Les habitants d’une province. 3. Le reste du pays par opposition à la capitale, en parlant de la France. 4. La province par opposition à la capitale avec un aspect péjoratif.
adjective: 1. Caractéristique de gens de la province.
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 province
- provinces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce province?
- /pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/
- \pʁɔ.vɛ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to province
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is province in French?
province appears 63 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).