subvention
French, noun/syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
subvention is spelled S-U-B-V-E-N-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subvention is a French feminine noun meaning “subsidy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Secours d’argent, subside exigé ou accordé pour subvenir dans un cas pressant à une dépense imprévue de…”.
What does subvention mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubsidy
- 2
femininegrant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Secours d’argent, subside exigé ou accordé pour subvenir dans un cas pressant à une dépense imprévue de l’État. 2. Fonds que l’État, une société ou un mécène accorde à une entreprise pour la soutenir.
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 subvention
- subventions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subvention?
- /syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
- \syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
- [syb.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subvention
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subvention in French?
subvention appears 7.4 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).