appontement
French, noun/a.pɔ̃t.mɑ̃/
appontement is spelled A-P-P-O-N-T-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appontement is a French masculine noun meaning “landing stage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plate-forme fixe, en bois, supportée par des pilotis et servant de quai d’amarrage”.
What does appontement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanding stage
- 2
masculinepier, wharf
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plate-forme fixe, en bois, supportée par des pilotis et servant de quai d’amarrage.
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 appontement
- appontements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce appontement?
- /a.pɔ̃t.mɑ̃/
- \a.pɔ̃t.mɑ̃\
- [a.pɔ̃t.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 appontement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is appontement in French?
appontement appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).