tangence
French, noun\tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
tangence is spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tangence is a French feminine noun meaning “tangency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Position de ce qui est tangent”.
What does tangence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetangency
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Position de ce qui est tangent. 2. Correspondance limite entre deux pensées. 3. Moment de convergence, de rencontre.
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 tangence
- tangences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tangence?
- \tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tangence in French?
tangence appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).