empiècement
French, noun/ɑ̃.pjɛs.mɑ̃/
empiècement is spelled E-M-P-I-È-C-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empiècement is a French masculine noun meaning “yoke (piece of material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau d’étoffe plat appliqué sur un autre”.
What does empiècement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyoke (piece of material)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau d’étoffe plat appliqué sur un autre.
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 empiècement
- empiècements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empiècement?
- /ɑ̃.pjɛs.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.pjɛs.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empiècement in French?
empiècement appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).