escarpement
French, noun/ɛs.kaʁ.pə.mɑ̃/
escarpement is spelled E-S-C-A-R-P-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escarpement is a French masculine noun meaning “steepness (state of being steep)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pente raide”.
What does escarpement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesteepness (state of being steep)
- 2
masculinea steep or abrupt slope, an escarpment
- 3
masculineseverity, harshness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pente raide. 2. État de ce qui est escarpé, pente raide.
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 escarpement
- escarpements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escarpement?
- /ɛs.kaʁ.pə.mɑ̃/
- \ɛs.kaʁ.pə.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 escarpement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escarpement in French?
escarpement 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).