estoppel
French, noun/ɛs.tɔ.pɛl/
estoppel is spelled E-S-T-O-P-P-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estoppel is a French masculine noun meaning “estoppel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Principe juridique établissant qu’une partie ne saurait se prévaloir de prétentions contradictoires au…”.
What does estoppel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineestoppel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Principe juridique établissant qu’une partie ne saurait se prévaloir de prétentions contradictoires au détriment de ses adversaires.
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 estoppel
- estoppels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estoppel?
- /ɛs.tɔ.pɛl/
- \ɛs.tɔ.pɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estoppel in French?
estoppel appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).