émolument
French, noun/e.mɔ.ly.mɑ̃/
émolument is spelled É-M-O-L-U-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émolument is a French masculine noun meaning “remuneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Honoraires des officiers ministériels”.
What does émolument mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineremuneration
- 2
masculinefee, emolument
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Honoraires des officiers ministériels. 2. Part des bénéfices de la communauté revenant à chacun des deux époux. 3. Salaire. 4. Ensemble des sommes que touche un fonctionnaire quand, à son traitement fixe, soumis à une retenue pour pension civile, viennent s’ajouter des indemnités, des allocations non soumises à cette retenue.
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 émolument
- émoluments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émolument?
- /e.mɔ.ly.mɑ̃/
- \e.mɔ.ly.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 émolument
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émolument in French?
émolument appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).