quotient
French, noun/kɔ.sjɑ̃/
quotient is spelled Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quotient is a French masculine noun meaning “quotient (result of a division)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Résultat de la division d’un nombre (le dividende) par un autre (le diviseur)”.
What does quotient mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequotient (result of a division)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Résultat de la division d’un nombre (le dividende) par un autre (le diviseur). 2. Ensemble des classes pour une relation d’équivalence définie sur un ensemble donné. 3. D’une manière générale, ratio ou coefficient utilisé comme indice dans un domaine spécifique.
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 quotient
- quotients plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quotient?
- /kɔ.sjɑ̃/
- \kɔ.sjɑ̃\
- [kɔ.ɬ͡sjɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quotient
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quotient in French?
quotient appears 1.9 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).