allègement
French, noun
allègement is spelled A-L-L-È-G-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allègement is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of allégement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, allégement is a different word: “lightening (making lighter)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autre orthographe de allégement”.
What does allègement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of allégement
noun
- 1
masculinelightening (making lighter)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’alléger. 2. Soulagement.
noun: 1. Autre orthographe de allégement.
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 allègement
- allègements plural
- allégements plural
- allègement
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to allègement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is allègement in French?
allègement appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).