RSA
French, noun\ɛ.ʁɛ.sa\
RSA is spelled R-S-A (3 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). RSA is a French masculine noun meaning “initialism of revenu de solidarité active, a French social welfare benefit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Algorithme de cryptographie asymétrique”.
What does RSA mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of revenu de solidarité active, a French social welfare benefit.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Algorithme de cryptographie asymétrique.
noun: 1. Prestation sociale destinée à garantir à ses bénéficiaires qu’ils aient ou non la capacité de travailler, un revenu minimum, avec en contrepartie une obligation de chercher un emploi ou de définir et suivre un projet professionnel visant à améliorer sa situation financière.
noun: 1. Refus scolaire anxieux, trouble amenant un enfant à rejeter l’école.
noun: 1. Abréviation de résistance systémique acquise.
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.
How do you pronounce RSA?
- \ɛ.ʁɛ.sa\
- \ɛ.ʁɛs.a\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is RSA in French?
RSA appears 4.2 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).