vengeance
French, noun/vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
vengeance is spelled V-E-N-G-E-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,025th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vengeance is a French feminine noun meaning “revenge, vengeance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peine causée à l’offenseur pour la satisfaction personnelle de l’offensé”.
What does vengeance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerevenge, vengeance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peine causée à l’offenseur pour la satisfaction personnelle de l’offensé. 2. Désir de se venger.
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 vengeance
- vengeances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vengeance?
- /vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
- \vɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vengeance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vengeance in French?
vengeance appears 14 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).