zec
French, noun
zec is spelled Z-E-C (3 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 81,899th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zec is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of ZEC (“zone d'exploitation contrôlée”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, ZEC is a different word: “acronym of zone d'exploitation contrôlée (“controlled harvesting…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Zone de chasse ou de pêche aménagée et contrôlée par l’État”.
What does zec mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of ZEC (“zone d'exploitation contrôlée”)
noun
- 1
feminineacronym of zone d'exploitation contrôlée (“controlled harvesting zone”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zone de chasse ou de pêche aménagée et contrôlée par l’État.
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 zec
- zecs plural
- ZECs plural
- zec alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zec in French?
zec appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).