menace
French, noun
menace is a French feminine noun meaning “threat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of menacer. With an accent, menacé is a different word: “past participle of menacer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare”.
What does menace mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethreat
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of menacer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parole ou geste pour marquer sa colère, son ressentiment et pour faire craindre le mal qu’on prépare. 2. Signes, pronostics qui font craindre quelque chose.
adjective: 1. Qui est l’objet d’une menace, d’un danger.
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 menace
- menaces plural
- menacée feminine
- menacés masculine plural
- menacées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to menace
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menace in French?
menace appears 40 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).