engraissement
French, noun/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs.mɑ̃/
engraissement is spelled E-N-G-R-A-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,044th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engraissement is a French masculine noun meaning “fattening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de rendre gras”.
What does engraissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefattening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de rendre gras. 2. État de celui qui engraisse, qui devient gras. 3. Par engraissement : Caractérise une façon d'assembler en force deux pièces de bois en faisant en sorte qu'il n'y ai aucun vide entre elles.
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 engraissement
- engraissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engraissement?
- /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engraissement in French?
engraissement appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).