emmanchure
French, noun/ɑ̃.mɑ̃.ʃyʁ/
emmanchure is spelled E-M-M-A-N-C-H-U-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emmanchure is a French feminine noun meaning “armhole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux ouvertures d’un vêtement, d’une robe, d’une chemise, etc., à laquelle on adapte les manches”.
What does emmanchure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearmhole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des deux ouvertures d’un vêtement, d’une robe, d’une chemise, etc., à laquelle on adapte les manches.
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 emmanchure
- emmanchures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emmanchure?
- /ɑ̃.mɑ̃.ʃyʁ/
- \ɑ̃.mɑ̃.ʃyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emmanchure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emmanchure in French?
emmanchure appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).