apitoiement
French, noun/a.pi.twa.mɑ̃/
apitoiement is spelled A-P-I-T-O-I-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 89,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apitoiement is a French masculine noun meaning “compassion, pity, mercy, sympathy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de s’apitoyer, de se prendre en pitié, souvent au sens péjoratif”.
What does apitoiement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecompassion, pity, mercy, sympathy
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’apitoyer, de se prendre en pitié, souvent au sens péjoratif.
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 apitoiement
- apitoiements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apitoiement?
- /a.pi.twa.mɑ̃/
- \a.pi.twa.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apitoiement in French?
apitoiement appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).