voyance
French, noun\vwa.jɑ̃s\
voyance is spelled V-O-Y-A-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voyance is a French feminine noun meaning “the apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capacité à obtenir une information par des méthodes qui s’affranchissent des lois de la nature habituellement…”.
What does voyance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- 2
femininemind-reading
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capacité à obtenir une information par des méthodes qui s’affranchissent des lois de la nature habituellement reconnues, comme les limites de temps et d’espace.
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 voyance
- voyances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voyance?
- \vwa.jɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is voyance in French?
voyance appears 1.5 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).