semonce
French, noun/sə.mɔ̃s/
semonce is spelled S-E-M-O-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semonce is a French feminine noun meaning “reprimand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de sommer, d’inviter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose”.
What does semonce mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereprimand
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de sommer, d’inviter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose. 2. Sommation faite par un navire à un autre de se faire reconnaître. 3. Avertissement mêlé de reproches fait par quelqu’un qui a autorité.
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 semonce
- semonces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semonce?
- /sə.mɔ̃s/
- \sə.mɔ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to semonce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semonce in French?
semonce appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).