chaptalisation
French, noun/ʃap.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/
chaptalisation is spelled C-H-A-P-T-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaptalisation is a French feminine noun meaning “chaptalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de chaptaliser, ajout de sucre au mout pour augmenter le degré d’alcool final du vin”.
What does chaptalisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechaptalization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de chaptaliser, ajout de sucre au mout pour augmenter le degré d’alcool final du vin.
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 chaptalisation
- chaptalisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaptalisation?
- /ʃap.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/
- \ʃap.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chaptalisation in French?
chaptalisation appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).