entrelacement
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁə.las.mɑ̃/
entrelacement is a French masculine noun meaning “interlacing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’entrelacer ou état de ce qui est entrelacé”.
What does entrelacement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinterlacing
- 2
masculineinterweaving
- 3
masculineA medieval French literary technique in which multiple narratives are interlaced into one coherent whole, allowing for moral and ironic commentary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’entrelacer ou état de ce qui est entrelacé.
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 entrelacement
- entrelacements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrelacement?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.las.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃t.ʁə.las.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entrelacement in French?
entrelacement appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).