amusement
French, noun/a.myz.mɑ̃/
amusement is spelled A-M-U-S-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amusement is a French masculine noun meaning “amusement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui amuse”.
What does amusement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamusement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui amuse. 2. Perte de temps, retardement. 3. Tromperie, promesses trompeuses. 4. Sentiment divertissant et joyeux né de ce qui fait rire ou sourire.
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 amusement
- amusements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amusement?
- /a.myz.mɑ̃/
- \a.myz.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 amusement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amusement in French?
amusement appears 2.3 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).