chuintement
French, noun/ʃɥɛ̃t.mɑ̃/
chuintement is spelled C-H-U-I-N-T-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chuintement is a French masculine noun meaning “swish, hiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Son d’une consonne qui chuinte”.
What does chuintement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswish, hiss
- 2
masculinelisp
- 3
masculinebuzz
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Son d’une consonne qui chuinte. 2. Cri de la chouette. 3. Bruit que produit quelque chose qui chuinte.
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 chuintement
- chuintements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chuintement?
- /ʃɥɛ̃t.mɑ̃/
- \ʃɥɛ̃t.mɑ̃\
- [ʃɥɛ̃t̪.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chuintement in French?
chuintement appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).