édentement
French, noun/e.dɑ̃t.mɑ̃/
édentement is spelled É-D-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Édentement is a French feminine noun meaning “toothlessness, edentulism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perte des dents”.
What does édentement mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoothlessness, edentulism
Near-synonym: anodontie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perte des dents.
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 édentement
- édentements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce édentement?
- /e.dɑ̃t.mɑ̃/
- \e.dɑ̃.tə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is édentement in French?
édentement appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).