apprivoisement
French, noun/a.pʁi.vwaz.mɑ̃/
apprivoisement is spelled A-P-P-R-I-V-O-I-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apprivoisement is a French feminine noun meaning “taming (of an animal etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’apprivoiser”.
What does apprivoisement mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetaming (of an animal etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’apprivoiser.
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 apprivoisement
- apprivoisements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apprivoisement?
- /a.pʁi.vwaz.mɑ̃/
- \a.pʁi.vwaz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apprivoisement in French?
apprivoisement appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).