connaissement
French, noun/kɔ.nɛs.mɑ̃/
connaissement is spelled C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Connaissement is a French masculine noun meaning “bill of lading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does connaissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebill of lading
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Déclaration contenant un état des marchandises chargées sur un navire, le nom de ceux à qui elles appartiennent, l’indication des lieux où on les porte et le prix du fret.
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 connaissement
- connaissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce connaissement?
- /kɔ.nɛs.mɑ̃/
- \kɔ.nɛs.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is connaissement in French?
connaissement appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).