embouteillage
French, noun/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jaʒ/
embouteillage is spelled E-M-B-O-U-T-E-I-L-L-A-G-E (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embouteillage is a French masculine noun meaning “bottling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise en bouteilles”.
What does embouteillage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebottling
- 2
masculineblockade
- 3
masculinetraffic jam, gridlock, bottleneck
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mise en bouteilles. 2. Action d’enfermer une force ennemie dans une impasse, spécialement des vaisseaux dans un port. 3. Embarras de circulation qui se produit dans une rue, dans un chemin.
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 embouteillage
- embouteillages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embouteillage?
- /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jaʒ/
- /ɑ̃.bu.te.jaʒ/
- \ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jaʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embouteillage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embouteillage in French?
embouteillage 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).