entrepont
French, noun/ɑ̃.tʁə.pɔ̃/
entrepont is spelled E-N-T-R-E-P-O-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrepont is a French masculine noun meaning “steerage (section of a passenger ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intervalle, étage qui sépare deux ponts dans un vaisseau”.
What does entrepont mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesteerage (section of a passenger ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Intervalle, étage qui sépare deux ponts dans un vaisseau.
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 entrepont
- entreponts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrepont?
- /ɑ̃.tʁə.pɔ̃/
- \ɑ̃.tʁə.pɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entrepont in French?
entrepont appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).