emplacement
French, noun/ɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/
emplacement is spelled E-M-P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emplacement is a French masculine noun meaning “site, location” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace de terrain considéré comme propre à y construire un bâtiment, à y tracer un jardin, à y exercer un…”.
What does emplacement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesite, location
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espace de terrain considéré comme propre à y construire un bâtiment, à y tracer un jardin, à y exercer un commerce ou une industrie, etc. 2. Lieu où se situe quelque chose ou quelqu’un. 3. Lieu où se situait quelque chose qui a disparu.
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 emplacement
- emplacements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emplacement?
- /ɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃\
- [ɑ̃.plas.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 emplacement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emplacement in French?
emplacement appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).