chevalement
French, noun/ʃə.val.mɑ̃/
chevalement is spelled C-H-E-V-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevalement is a French masculine noun meaning “winding tower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte d’étai qui sert à soutenir des parties de bâtiment qu’on reprend en sous-œuvre”.
What does chevalement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewinding tower
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte d’étai qui sert à soutenir des parties de bâtiment qu’on reprend en sous-œuvre. 2. Structure qui sert à descendre et remonter les mineurs et le minerai, par ascenseur.
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 chevalement
- chevalements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevalement?
- /ʃə.val.mɑ̃/
- \ʃə.val.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chevalement in French?
chevalement appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).