embrassement
French, noun/ɑ̃.bʁas.mɑ̃/
embrassement is spelled E-M-B-R-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embrassement is a French masculine noun meaning “embracing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’embrasser ou de s’embrasser”.
What does embrassement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembracing
- 2
masculinehugs and kisses
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’embrasser ou de s’embrasser.
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 embrassement
- embrassements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embrassement?
- /ɑ̃.bʁas.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.bʁas.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 embrassement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embrassement in French?
embrassement appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).