étourdissement
French, noun/e.tuʁ.dis.mɑ̃/
étourdissement is spelled É-T-O-U-R-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 49,558th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étourdissement is a French masculine noun meaning “blackout, dizzy spell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ébranlement causé par quelque chose qui étourdit”.
What does étourdissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblackout, dizzy spell
- 2
masculinesurprise; exhilaration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ébranlement causé par quelque chose qui étourdit. 2. Objet ou procédé destiné à étourdir. 3. Trouble que cause un malheur subit, une mauvaise nouvelle imprévue.
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 étourdissement
- étourdissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étourdissement?
- /e.tuʁ.dis.mɑ̃/
- \e.tuʁ.dis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is étourdissement in French?
étourdissement appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).