provisoire
French, adjective/pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ/
provisoire is spelled P-R-O-V-I-S-O-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provisoire is a French adjective meaning “temporary (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se fait en attendant une autre chose, préalablement à une autre chose qui sera définitive”.
What does provisoire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
temporary (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant)
gouvernement provisoire
- 2
provisional
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se fait en attendant une autre chose, préalablement à une autre chose qui sera définitive. 2. Qualifie un jugement rendu par provision.
noun: 1. Quelque chose de provisoire.
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 provisoire
- provisoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provisoire?
- /pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ/
- \pʁɔ.vi.zwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to provisoire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provisoire in French?
provisoire appears 15 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).