entendement
French, noun/ɑ̃.tɑ̃d.mɑ̃/
entendement is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entendement is a French masculine noun meaning “understanding, comprehension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté par laquelle l’esprit conçoit”.
What does entendement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunderstanding, comprehension
dépasser l'entendement
- 2
masculinethe intellect, capacity of rational understanding
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faculté par laquelle l’esprit conçoit. 2. Aptitude à comprendre, compréhension.
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 entendement
- entendements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entendement?
- /ɑ̃.tɑ̃d.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.tɑ̃d.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 entendement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entendement in French?
entendement appears 1.1 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).