adoucissement
French, noun/a.du.sis.mɑ̃/
adoucissement is a French masculine noun meaning “sweetening, mellowing, softening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’adoucir”.
What does adoucissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesweetening, mellowing, softening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’adoucir. 2. Résultat de cette action. 3. Soulagement de peine, de douleur. 4. Restriction, expédient propre à concilier.
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 adoucissement
- adoucissements plural
- adoucissage
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adoucissement?
- /a.du.sis.mɑ̃/
- \a.du.sis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adoucissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adoucissement in French?
adoucissement 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).