accolement
French, noun\a.kɔl.mɑ̃\
accolement is spelled A-C-C-O-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accolement is a French masculine noun meaning “apposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’accoler”.
What does accolement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapposition
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’accoler. 2. Fait d’être accolé.
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 accolement
- accolements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accolement?
- \a.kɔl.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is accolement in French?
accolement appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).