bâillonnement
French, noun/ba.jɔn.mɑ̃/
bâillonnement is spelled B-Â-I-L-L-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bâillonnement is a French masculine noun meaning “gagging, muzzling, silencing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de bâillonner, pose d'un bâillon”.
What does bâillonnement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegagging, muzzling, silencing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de bâillonner, pose d'un bâillon. 2. Action de faire taire, de réduire au silence.
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 bâillonnement
- bâillonnements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bâillonnement?
- /ba.jɔn.mɑ̃/
- /bɑ.jɔn.mɑ̃/
- \bɑ.jɔn.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bâillonnement in French?
bâillonnement appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).