durcissement
French, noun/dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
durcissement is spelled D-U-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durcissement is a French masculine noun meaning “hardening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se durcir ou état de ce qui est durci”.
What does durcissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehardening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se durcir ou état de ce qui est durci. 2. processus destiné à sécuriser un système.
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 durcissement
- durcissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durcissement?
- /dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
- \dyʁ.sis.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 durcissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is durcissement in French?
durcissement appears 1.3 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).