enterrement
French, noun/ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃/
enterrement is spelled E-N-T-E-R-R-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enterrement is a French masculine noun meaning “burial, interment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cérémonies qu’on observe pour porter et mettre un corps en terre”.
What does enterrement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineburial, interment
- 2
masculinefuneral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cérémonies qu’on observe pour porter et mettre un corps en terre. 2. Convoi funèbre. 3. Fin d’un projet, d’une promesse.
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 enterrement
- enterrements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enterrement?
- /ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃\
- [ɑ̃.tɛʁ.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 enterrement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enterrement in French?
enterrement appears 6.0 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).