contentement
French, noun/kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃/
contentement is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contentement is a French masculine noun meaning “happiness; joyfulness; joyousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de celui qui est content, satisfait”.
What does contentement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehappiness; joyfulness; joyousness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de celui qui est content, satisfait.
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 contentement
- contentements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contentement?
- /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃/
- \kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.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 contentement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contentement in French?
contentement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).