amortissement
French, noun/a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
amortissement is spelled A-M-O-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amortissement is a French masculine noun meaning “amortizement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Annulation de la mainmorte sur un domaine en échange d’une compensation monétaire due au seigneur. Redevance…”.
What does amortissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamortizement
- 2
masculinecushioning, softening, or deafening of a sound or impact
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Annulation de la mainmorte sur un domaine en échange d’une compensation monétaire due au seigneur. Redevance payée par les mainmortables au seigneur pour l’indemniser de la suppression des droits de mutation dont ce dernier se trouverait privé à l'avenir. 2. Conversion en une rente annuelle d’un capital. 3. Rééchelonnement dans le temps des annuités, amoindrissement des annuités. 4. Affaiblissement, atténuation.
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 amortissement
- amortissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amortissement?
- /a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
- \a.mɔʁ.tis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amortissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amortissement in French?
amortissement appears 2.0 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).