cognement
French, noun/kɔɲ.mɑ̃/
cognement is spelled C-O-G-N-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written French, the 236,816th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cognement is a French masculine noun meaning “knocking, pounding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cogner ; bruit résultant de cette action”.
What does cognement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknocking, pounding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de cogner ; bruit résultant de 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 cognement
- cognements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognement?
- /kɔɲ.mɑ̃/
- \kɔɲ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cognement in French?
cognement appears about once in every 56 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).