chatouillement
French, noun/ʃa.tuj.mɑ̃/
chatouillement is spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chatouillement is a French masculine noun meaning “tickle, an act of tickling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de chatouiller ou résultat de cette action”.
What does chatouillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetickle, an act of tickling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de chatouiller ou résultat de cette action. 2. Certaines impressions agréables que reçoivent les sens. 3. Picotement qui se produit dans une partie du corps.
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 chatouillement
- chatouillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chatouillement?
- /ʃa.tuj.mɑ̃/
- \ʃa.tuj.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chatouillement in French?
chatouillement appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).