provence

1. 1.

   a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur

   BroaderFrench region

   Part ofFrance

Other forms of provence

plural

provences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about provence

What does provence mean?

provence means "a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur".

How many syllables are in provence?

provence has 2 syllables: pro-vence. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹoʊvəns/.

Is provence a common word?

provence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.