rance
French, adjective/ʁɑ̃s/
rance is spelled R-A-N-C-E (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rance is a French adjective meaning “rancid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit des corps gras qui, laissés au contact de l’air, ont pris une odeur forte et un goût désagréable”.
What does rance mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rancid
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit des corps gras qui, laissés au contact de l’air, ont pris une odeur forte et un goût désagréable. 2. Qui s’est encore envenimé. 3. Méprisable.
noun: 1. Goût et odeur désagréable, en parlant de corps gras.
noun: 1. Variante de ranche.
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 rance
- rances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rance?
- /ʁɑ̃s/
- \ʁɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rance in French?
rance appears 1.8 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).