substance
French, noun/syp.stɑ̃s/
substance is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substance is a French feminine noun meaning “substance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui subsiste par soi-même, indépendamment de tout accident”.
What does substance mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui subsiste par soi-même, indépendamment de tout accident. 2. Toute sorte de matière. 3. Ce qu’il y a de meilleur, de plus succulent, de plus nourrissant en quelque chose. 4. Ce qu’il y a d’essentiel dans un discours, dans un écrit, dans une affaire, etc.
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 substance
- substances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substance?
- /syp.stɑ̃s/
- \syp.stɑ̃s\
- [yn̪ syp.st̪ɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to substance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is substance in French?
substance appears 13 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).