chavirement
French, noun/ʃa.viʁ.mɑ̃/
chavirement is spelled C-H-A-V-I-R-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chavirement is a French masculine noun meaning “capsize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de chavirer ; état d’un vaisseau qui chavire”.
What does chavirement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecapsize
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de chavirer ; état d’un vaisseau qui chavire. 2. Retournement, renversement.
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 chavirement
- chavirements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chavirement?
- /ʃa.viʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ʃa.viʁ.mɑ̃\
- [ʃa.viʁ.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chavirement in French?
chavirement appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).