blanchissement
French, noun/blɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃/
blanchissement is spelled B-L-A-N-C-H-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blanchissement is a French masculine noun meaning “washing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de blanchir”.
What does blanchissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewashing
- 2
masculinewhitening
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. Action de maquiller les défauts des esclaves pour les rendre plus présentables à la vente.
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 blanchissement
- blanchissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blanchissement?
- /blɑ̃.ʃis.mɑ̃/
- \blɑ̃.ʃis.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 blanchissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blanchissement in French?
blanchissement appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).