affolement
French, noun/a.fɔl.mɑ̃/
affolement is spelled A-F-F-O-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affolement is a French masculine noun meaning “panic, terror” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une personne affolée”.
What does affolement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepanic, terror
- 2
masculineinsanity, craziness, lunacy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une personne affolée.
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 affolement
- affolements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affolement?
- /a.fɔl.mɑ̃/
- \a.fɔl.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affolement in French?
affolement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).