chuchotement
French, noun/ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃/
chuchotement is spelled C-H-U-C-H-O-T-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 76,422nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chuchotement is a French masculine noun meaning “a whisper or murmur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de chuchoter”.
What does chuchotement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea whisper or murmur
- 2
masculinerustling (of leaves)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de chuchoter. 2. Bruit fait par cette action.
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 chuchotement
- chuchotements plural
- chuchottement obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuchotement?
- /ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃/
- \ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\
- [ʃy.ʃɔt.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 chuchotement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chuchotement in French?
chuchotement appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).