empoussièrement
French, noun/ɑ̃.pu.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃/
empoussièrement is spelled E-M-P-O-U-S-S-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empoussièrement is a French masculine noun meaning “a covering with dust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de produire et répandre des poussières, résultat de cette action”.
What does empoussièrement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea covering with dust
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de produire et répandre des poussières, résultat de cette action.
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 empoussièrement
- empoussièrements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empoussièrement?
- /ɑ̃.pu.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.pu.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empoussièrement in French?
empoussièrement appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).