spontané
French, adjective/spɔ̃.ta.ne/
spontané is spelled S-P-O-N-T-A-N-É (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spontané is a French adjective meaning “spontaneous, self-generated (happening without any apparent external cause)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Que l’on fait de soi-même, de façon autonome”.
What does spontané mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spontaneous, self-generated (happening without any apparent external cause)
génération spontanée
- 2
spontaneous, natural, unforced
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que l’on fait de soi-même, de façon autonome. 2. Que l’on fait de soi-même et de premier mouvement, sans réflexion ni délai. 3. Qualifie les mouvements qui s’exécutent d’eux-mêmes ou sans cause extérieure apparente. 4. Qualifie une évolution de maladie qui n’est pas provoquée par un remède.
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 spontané
- spontanée feminine
- spontanés masculine plural
- spontanées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spontané?
- /spɔ̃.ta.ne/
- \spɔ̃.ta.ne\
- [spɔ̃.ta.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spontané
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spontané in French?
spontané appears 2.1 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).