engagement
French, noun/ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃/
engagement is spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engagement is a French masculine noun meaning “commitment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’engager quelque chose ou résultat de cette action”.
What does engagement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommitment
- 2
masculineengagement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’engager quelque chose ou résultat de cette action. 2. Acte par lequel on cède à quelqu’un la jouissance d’un bien-fonds pour un temps déterminé. 3. Action de s’engager par une promesse ou résultat de cette action. 4. Enrôlement volontaire d’un soldat.
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 engagement
- engagements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engagement?
- /ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.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 engagement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engagement in French?
engagement appears 37 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).