abouchement
French, noun/a.buʃ.mɑ̃/
abouchement is spelled A-B-O-U-C-H-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abouchement is a French masculine noun meaning “point of union of two vessels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’aboucher ou de s’aboucher”.
What does abouchement mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinethe act of getting into contact or communication
- 2
masculinepoint of union of two vessels
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’aboucher ou de s’aboucher. 2. Entrevue, rencontre, conférence, entretien. 3. Union, jonction de deux vaisseaux.
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 abouchement
- abouchements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abouchement?
- /a.buʃ.mɑ̃/
- \a.buʃ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abouchement in French?
abouchement appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).