ciment
French, noun/si.mɑ̃/
ciment is spelled C-I-M-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciment is a French masculine noun meaning “cement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange de briques pulvérisées et de chaux dont on faisait un mortier ^([2])”.
What does ciment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange de briques pulvérisées et de chaux dont on faisait un mortier ^([2]). 2. Liant à prise hydraulique, une fois mélangé avec du sable, et/ou du gravier est destiné à la fabrication du béton hydraulique (ou simplement béton), du mortier, de divers enduits 3. Ce béton ou le mortier lui-même. 4. Débris de poterie broyés.
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 ciment
- ciments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciment?
- /si.mɑ̃/
- \si.mɑ̃\
- [si.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 ciment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciment in French?
ciment appears 6.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).