enfermement
French, noun/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.mɑ̃/
enfermement is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfermement is a French masculine noun meaning “confinement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou processus d'enfermer”.
What does enfermement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconfinement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou processus d'enfermer.
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 enfermement
- enfermements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfermement?
- /ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.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 enfermement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfermement in French?
enfermement appears 1.4 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).