blanchiment
French, noun/blɑ̃.ʃi.mɑ̃/
blanchiment is spelled B-L-A-N-C-H-I-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blanchiment is a French masculine noun meaning “bleaching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de blanchir”.
What does blanchiment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebleaching
- 2
masculinelaundering (especially of money)
- 3
masculineblanking
Le blanchiment des pages du site est protégé par un robot.
- 4
masculinebloom (chocolate)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de blanchir. 2. Opération ayant pour but d’enlever la matière colorante du lin, du chanvre, du coton, de la cire brute, du suif, etc. 3. Procédé employé dans chaque pays pour blanchir les toiles. 4. Fait de vider une page de tout contenu.
noun: 1. Action de blanchir la toile, l'argent, etc. 2. Effet de cette action. 3. Atelier où l'on blanchissait. 4. Eau-forte diluée pour blanchir la vaisselle.
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 blanchiment
- blanchiments plural
- blanchîment dated obsolete
- blanchîments plural
- blanchiment
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blanchiment?
- /blɑ̃.ʃi.mɑ̃/
- \blɑ̃.ʃi.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 blanchiment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blanchiment in French?
blanchiment appears 3.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).