entrecroisement
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁə.kʁwaz.mɑ̃/
entrecroisement is spelled E-N-T-R-E-C-R-O-I-S-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrecroisement is a French masculine noun meaning “intertwining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d'entrecroiser, résultat de cette action”.
What does entrecroisement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineintertwining
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d'entrecroiser, résultat de cette action.
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 entrecroisement
- entrecroisements plural
- entre-croisement
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrecroisement?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.kʁwaz.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.kʁwaz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entrecroisement in French?
entrecroisement appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).