épaississement
French, noun/e.pɛ.sis.mɑ̃/
épaississement is spelled É-P-A-I-S-S-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épaississement is a French masculine noun meaning “thickening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’épaissir, de s’épaissir ; ou état de ce qui est épaissi”.
What does épaississement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethickening
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’épaissir, de s’épaissir ; ou état de ce qui est épaissi.
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 épaississement
- épaississements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épaississement?
- /e.pɛ.sis.mɑ̃/
- /e.pe.sis.mɑ̃/
- \e.pe.sis.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 épaississement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épaississement in French?
épaississement appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).