affrontement
French, noun/a.fʁɔ̃t.mɑ̃/
affrontement is spelled A-F-F-R-O-N-T-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affrontement is a French masculine noun meaning “confrontation, encounter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de batailler, de combattre, de défier”.
What does affrontement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconfrontation, encounter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de batailler, de combattre, de défier. 2. Action d’affronter les lèvres ou bords d’une plaie pour en faciliter la cicatrisation.
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 affrontement
- affrontements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affrontement?
- /a.fʁɔ̃t.mɑ̃/
- \a.fʁɔ̃t.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affrontement in French?
affrontement appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).