affermissement
French, noun/a.fɛʁ.mis.mɑ̃/
affermissement is spelled A-F-F-E-R-M-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affermissement is a French masculine noun meaning “consolidation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’affermir ou résultat de cette action. Peu usité au propre”.
What does affermissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconsolidation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’affermir ou résultat de cette action. Peu usité au propre. 2. Début du durcissement du béton ou de tout autre mortier hydraulique. 3. Action d’améliorer un état qui commence à être satisfaisant.
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 affermissement
- affermissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affermissement?
- /a.fɛʁ.mis.mɑ̃/
- \a.fɛʁ.mis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affermissement in French?
affermissement appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).