éblouissement
French, noun/e.blu.is.mɑ̃/
éblouissement is spelled É-B-L-O-U-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éblouissement is a French masculine noun meaning “glare, dazzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de la vue troublée par trop de lumière, par un éclat trop vif”.
What does éblouissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglare, dazzle
- 2
masculinedizziness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de la vue troublée par trop de lumière, par un éclat trop vif. 2. Altération de la faculté de voir, occasionnée par une cause interne.
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 éblouissement
- éblouissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éblouissement?
- /e.blu.is.mɑ̃/
- \e.blu.is.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is éblouissement in French?
éblouissement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).