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crachement

French, noun/kʁaʃ.mɑ̃/

crachement is spelled C-R-A-C-H-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crachement is a French masculine noun meaning “spit, spitting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de cracher”.

What does crachement mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinespit, spitting

  2. 2

    masculinecrackle (of a radio, microphone etc.)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de cracher. 2. Crachat. 3. Bruit parasite dû à des mauvais contacts dans les équipements audio. 4. Étincelles qui se produisent dans un appareil électrique en mauvais état.

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 crachement

  • crachements plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce crachement?

  • /kʁaʃ.mɑ̃/
  • \kʁaʃ.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 crachement

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is crachement in French?

crachement appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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