bercement
French, noun/bɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃/
bercement is spelled B-E-R-C-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bercement is a French masculine noun meaning “rocking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de bercer”.
What does bercement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerocking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de bercer.
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 bercement
- bercements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bercement?
- /bɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃/
- \bɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bercement in French?
bercement appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).