contingentement
French, noun/kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃t.mɑ̃/
contingentement is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contingentement is a French masculine noun meaning “quota” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action et résultat d’une restriction, d'une limitation par des barrières administratives”.
What does contingentement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequota
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action et résultat d’une restriction, d'une limitation par des barrières administratives.
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 contingentement
- contingentements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contingentement?
- /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃t.mɑ̃/
- \kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃t.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contingentement in French?
contingentement appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).