déguerpissement
French, noun/de.ɡɛʁ.pis.mɑ̃/
déguerpissement is spelled D-É-G-U-E-R-P-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déguerpissement is a French masculine noun meaning “the abandonment of the possession of a building; the act by which the purchaser of a landed annuity renounced their ownership in order to…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abandonnement de la possession d’un immeuble, acte par lequel l’acquéreur à rente foncière renonçait à la…”.
What does déguerpissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinethe abandonment of the possession of a building; the act by which the purchaser of a landed annuity renounced their ownership in order to discharge themselves of the payment of the annuity
- 2
masculineeviction
- 3
informalmasculinethe action of being forced to leave one's home hastily; a flight
- 4
Quebecmasculinethe act of abruptly abandoning one's residence to avoid paying rent or other fees
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abandonnement de la possession d’un immeuble, acte par lequel l’acquéreur à rente foncière renonçait à la propriété pour se décharger du paiement de la rente. 2. Action de déguerpir, de se retirer contraint et forcé. 3. Brusque abandon d’un logement dans le but de se soustraire aux obligations d’un bail locatif. 4. Expulsion des locataires d’un logement.
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 déguerpissement
- déguerpissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déguerpissement?
- /de.ɡɛʁ.pis.mɑ̃/
- \de.ɡɛʁ.pis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déguerpissement in French?
déguerpissement appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).