fendillement
French, noun/fɑ̃.dij.mɑ̃/
fendillement is spelled F-E-N-D-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fendillement is a French masculine noun meaning “cracking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se fendiller, résultat de cette action”.
What does fendillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecracking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se fendiller, résultat de cette action.
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 fendillement
- fendillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fendillement?
- /fɑ̃.dij.mɑ̃/
- \fɑ̃.dij.mɑ̃\
- \fɑ̃.diʎ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fendillement in French?
fendillement appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).