encrassement
French, noun/ɑ̃.kʁas.mɑ̃/
encrassement is spelled E-N-C-R-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encrassement is a French masculine noun meaning “fouling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’encrasser, de s’encrasser ou résultat de cette action”.
What does encrassement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefouling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’encrasser, de s’encrasser ou 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 encrassement
- encrassements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encrassement?
- /ɑ̃.kʁas.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.kʁas.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encrassement in French?
encrassement appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).