effondrement
French, noun/e.fɔ̃.dʁə.mɑ̃/
effondrement is spelled E-F-F-O-N-D-R-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effondrement is a French masculine noun meaning “collapse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’effondrer ou de s’effondrer ou état d’une chose effondrée”.
What does effondrement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecollapse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’effondrer ou de s’effondrer ou état d’une chose effondrée. 2. Réduction drastique, voire totale.
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 effondrement
- effondrements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effondrement?
- /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.mɑ̃/
- \e.fɔ̃.dʁə.mɑ̃\
- \ɛ.fɔ̃.dʁə.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 effondrement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effondrement in French?
effondrement appears 8.3 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).