souffrance
French, noun/su.fʁɑ̃s/
souffrance is spelled S-O-U-F-F-R-A-N-C-E (10 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 3,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Souffrance is a French feminine noun meaning “sufferance, pain, suffering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre”.
What does souffrance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesufferance, pain, suffering
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre. 2. Tolérance en vertu de laquelle on accepte certaines choses que l’on pourrait empêcher.
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 souffrance
- souffrances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce souffrance?
- /su.fʁɑ̃s/
- \su.fʁɑ̃s\
- [su.fʁɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to souffrance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is souffrance in French?
souffrance appears 19 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).