enjambement
French, noun/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃/
enjambement is spelled E-N-J-A-M-B-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 133,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enjambement is a French masculine noun meaning “enjambment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Discordance entre les limites du vers et la syntaxe, qui affaiblit la pause rythmique à la rime…”.
What does enjambement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenjambment
- 2
masculinecrossing-over
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Discordance entre les limites du vers et la syntaxe, qui affaiblit la pause rythmique à la rime, contrairement au rejet. 2. Entrecroisement des chromosomes avec échange de segments, et recombinaison des gènes portés par ces segments. 3. Croisement entre un style de musique et un autre.
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 enjambement
- enjambements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enjambement?
- /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.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 enjambement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enjambement in French?
enjambement appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).