endurcissement
French, noun/ɑ̃.dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
endurcissement is spelled E-N-D-U-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Endurcissement is a French masculine noun meaning “hardening; toughening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une âme qui a perdu tout sentiment de piété, de vertu, de bonté”.
What does endurcissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehardening; toughening
- 2
masculinehardness; toughness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une âme qui a perdu tout sentiment de piété, de vertu, de bonté.
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 endurcissement
- endurcissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce endurcissement?
- /ɑ̃.dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is endurcissement in French?
endurcissement appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).