envasement
French, noun/ɑ̃.vaz.mɑ̃/
envasement is spelled E-N-V-A-S-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envasement is a French masculine noun meaning “silting up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’envaser ou de s’envaser, ou état de ce qui est envasé”.
What does envasement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilting up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’envaser ou de s’envaser, ou état de ce qui est envasé.
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 envasement
- envasements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envasement?
- /ɑ̃.vaz.mɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.vaz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is envasement in French?
envasement 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).