agenouillement
French, noun/aʒ.nuj.mɑ̃/
agenouillement is a French masculine noun meaning “kneeling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de s’agenouiller”.
What does agenouillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekneeling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de s’agenouiller. 2. Soumission. 3. Dispositif permettant de modifier l’assiette d’un véhicule afin d’en faciliter l’accès.
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 agenouillement
- agenouillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agenouillement?
- /aʒ.nuj.mɑ̃/
- \aʒ.nuj.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agenouillement in French?
agenouillement appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).