descenderie
French, noun/de.sɑ̃.dʁi/
descenderie is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E-R-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descenderie is a French feminine noun meaning “stope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Galerie de mine dirigée selon la pente du gisement”.
What does descenderie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Galerie de mine dirigée selon la pente du gisement. 2. Galerie technique réalisée pour le percement d'un tunnel.
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 descenderie
- descenderies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descenderie?
- /de.sɑ̃.dʁi/
- \dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descenderie in French?
descenderie appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).