dépassement
French, noun/de.pas.mɑ̃/
dépassement is spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépassement is a French masculine noun meaning “excess, exceeding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dépasser et spécialement d’outrepasser”.
What does dépassement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineexcess, exceeding
- 2
masculinepassing, overtaking
- 3
masculineoverrun
- 4
masculineoverflow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dépasser et spécialement d’outrepasser. 2. Action de passer devant lors d’un déplacement, d’un mouvement. 3. Action d’aller au-delà de ses propres limites habituelles. 4. Action d’outrepasser une limite, une borne, surtout supérieure (limite inférieure : soupassement) admissible pour un bon fonctionnement.
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 dépassement
- dépassements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépassement?
- /de.pas.mɑ̃/
- /de.pɑs.mɑ̃/
- \de.pas.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dépassement in French?
dépassement appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).