empalement
French, noun/ɑ̃.pal.mɑ̃/
empalement is spelled E-M-P-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empalement is a French masculine noun meaning “impalement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’empaler ou le fait d’être empalé. Cela peut être une méthode d’exécution”.
What does empalement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpalement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’empaler ou le fait d’être empalé. Cela peut être une méthode d’exécution.
noun: 1. Petite vanne de moulin, d’écluse.
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 empalement
- empalements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empalement?
- /ɑ̃.pal.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.pal.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 empalement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empalement in French?
empalement appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).