attendrissement
French, noun/a.tɑ̃.dʁis.mɑ̃/
attendrissement is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-R-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attendrissement is a French masculine noun meaning “emotion, (tender) feeling; pity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de s’attendrir ou état d’une âme attendrie”.
What does attendrissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemotion, (tender) feeling; pity
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’attendrir ou état d’une âme attendrie. 2. Action d’attendrir.
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 attendrissement
- attendrissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attendrissement?
- /a.tɑ̃.dʁis.mɑ̃/
- \a.tɑ̃.dʁis.mɑ̃\
- \a.tɑ̃d.ʁis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is attendrissement in French?
attendrissement appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).