tendance
French, noun/tɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
tendance is spelled T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E (8 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written French, the 1,256th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tendance is a French feminine noun meaning “tendency, propensity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou force par laquelle un corps tend à se mouvoir d’un côté”.
What does tendance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetendency, propensity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou force par laquelle un corps tend à se mouvoir d’un côté. 2. Inclination ; penchant.
adjective: 1. À la mode.
adverb: 1. Dans le genre de ; du type.
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 tendance
- tendances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tendance?
- /tɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
- \tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tendance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tendance in French?
tendance appears 66 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).